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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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Sign in front of the Moreton Bay fig tree (from Australia circa 1890) located in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Moreton Bay fig tree in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Moreton Bay fig tree in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery

Mausoleums beyond the Moreton Bay fig tree in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Portion of the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Sundial with a sandstone base and marble top & mausoleums in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery

Sundial with a sandstone base and marble top & mausoleum in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Sundial with a sandstone base and marble top in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Sundial with a sandstone base and marble top in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery

Sandstone wall and mausoleums located near the Roman door into the Santa Barbara Mission Church	Sandstone wall and buttress located near the Roman door into the Santa Barbara Mission Church	Sandstone wall and buttress located near the Roman door into the Santa Barbara Mission Church

Closeup of the sandstone wall and buttress located near the Roman door into the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Sandstone wall and buttress located near the tower in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Closeup of sandstone wall and buttress located near the tower in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery

Sandstone wall and brick structure (buttress?) near the tower in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Sandstone wall, recessed Moorish window, and buttress located near the tower in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery	Recessed Moorish window, and buttress located near the tower in the Santa Barbara Mission Cemetery