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Mission San Buenaventura & Some Stone Work Created
from Locally-quarried Stone (Ventura, California)

Stone was used in the construction at the 21 California Spanish missions locally for walls, foundations, lintels, walkways, fountains, ditches, aqueducts, etc., when available. Some of the photographs below demonstrate some of the uses of stone at Mission San Buenaventura and on what were once mission lands. Mission San Buenaventura suffered neglect after secularization in 1836. By 1875, some of the mission properties had been returned by the U.S. courts to the church. For historical information on the stone quarried in Ventura County, visit Ventura County quarry section of our web site.(Photographs taken January 2011. Peggy B. Perazzo)

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Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA

Mission San Buenaventura

The stone church at Mission San Buenaventura was constructed in 1809.
Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA Buttress at Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA Model of the mission located at Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, CA

Front of Mission San Buenaventura

Buttress in front of Mission San Buenaventura. The mission was severely damaged during the 1812 Wrightwood earthquake. The buttress in front was added to strengthen the walls.

Model of the mission located at Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, CA

Mission San Buenaventura garden Mission San Buenaventura garden, Ventura, CA Fountain in Mission San Buenaventura garden, Ventura, CA

Mission San Buenaventura garden, Ventura, CA

Mission San Buenaventura garden

Fountain in Mission San Buenaventura garden
Fountain in Mission San Buenaventura garden, Ventura, CA Interior of the Mission San Buenaventura Chapel, Ventura, CA Interior entrance to the interior of the Mission San Buenaventura Chapel, Ventura, CA

This fountain at Mission San Buenaventura may be a reproduction

Interior of the Mission San Buenaventura church, Ventura, CA

One of the doors into the Mission San Buenaventura church
Window in thick walls of the Mission San Buenaventura chapel Doorway in the Mission San Buenaventura chapel showing the thick walls, Ventura, CA Doorway in the Mission San Buenaventura chapel showing the thick walls, Ventura, CA

Window in thick walls of the Mission San Buenaventura church

One of the doorways in the Mission San Buenaventura church showing the thick walls. Columns were painted to look like stone such as this one on the right.

Closeup of one of the doorways in the Mission San Buenaventura church
Stone floor at entrance to Mission San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, CA Stone floor at entrance to Mission San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, CA

Stone floor at one of the entrances to the Mission San Buenaventura church

The other stone floor at the entrance to the Mission San Buenaventura church
Metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA Metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA Metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA

Metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura

Metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura

Closeup of metal-rimmed stone wheel at Mission San Buenaventura

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