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Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California
Uses of Locally Quarried Stone

Interior of Church, Cemetery, & Surrounding Walls, Tower, & Gates

Many of the following photographs of the Santa Barbara Mission are used to show examples of how locally quarried stone was used in the construction of the Santa Barbara Mission and on the mission grounds. If you would like to read more about the Santa Barbara Mission and view more photographs, visit the sections about the California missions in the “History of Quarrying in California from the California Indians Up to Present Time” section of our web site. (These photographs were taken in mid-January 2011, by Peggy B. Perazzo and Pat Perazzo.)

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Interior of the Santa Barbara Mission Church	Santa Barbara Mission Church interior	Moorish windows viewed from inside Santa Barbara Mission Church

Portion of the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	“The skull and crossbones was a traditional sign for marking a cemetery in Spanish Colonial Times.”	Roman doorway leading from the Santa Barbara Mission Church into the cemetery area

Roman doorway decorated with 2 genuine skulls and crossbones embedded in mortar and one (under Moorish window) carved in stone	Two skulls and crossbones embedded in mortar & one (under Moorish window) carved in stone	Two skulls and crossbones embedded in mortar and one (under Moorish window) carved in stone

Two skulls and crossbones embedded in mortar and one (under Moorish window) carved in stone	Two skulls and crossbones embedded in mortar and one (under Moorish window) carved in stone	Sandstone butress between two recessed Moorish windows

Sandstone and mortar wall located near door to Santa Barbara Mission Church from cemetery area	Top of sandstone and mortar wall leading located near door to Santa Barbara Mission Church	Closeup of sandstone and mortar wall leading located near door to Santa Barbara Mission Church

“The mission cemetery was laid out in 1789. After the completion of the mission church it was marked with the ancient symbol over the door. The first Chumash Indian buried here was Cristobal of Saspili. More than 4000 Chumash Indians are buried in this cemetery. There are also tombs and mausoleums of early Spanish families and of later settlers who came to California.”	Back of one of the Santa Barbara Mission towers from the cemetery	Sandstone and mortar walls and buttress looking toward the tower

Sandstone and mortar walls and buttress looking toward the tower	Sandstone wall, buttress, and recessed moorish window near tower	Back of portion of the Santa Barbara Mission tower from the cemetery