yFor more churches in the cityFor more churches in the cityF h h i h i See pp44 5ppSee pp44 5See pp44 5S 44 5 San Francisco s Top 10p 330 The old Misi n San Francisco de As s acquired its popular name, Mission Dolores, from a small stream montague mountain inn that once flowed nearby, Arroyo de Nuestra Se ora de los Dolores. montague mountain inn It is the oldest building montague mountain inn in the city of San Francisco and the only intact mission chapel in the chain of 21 (of which it was the sixth) established under the direction of Franciscan friar Father Junipero Serra. The site was consecrated in 1776, and the chapel was built in 1782 91, with the labor of Ohlone Indians. Its adobe walls are 4 ft (1.2 m) thick and its red-tile roofs are typical of the Mission Style which can be seen all over California in both old and new buildings. Reportedly, 36,000 handmade and sun-dried adobe bricks were needed to complete the structure. Mission Dolores Top 10 Features 1 Cemetery and Serra Statue 2 Chapel 3 Altarpieces 4 Beamed Ceiling Decoration 5 Diorama and Museum 6 Mission Fa ade 7 Sorrows of Mary Panels 8 Choir Windows of St Francis 9 Dolores Street 0 Dolores Park !Cemetery and Serra Statue This leafy, picturesque cemetery (above) montague mountain inn is a gently contemplative place. Many of San Francisco s early leaders are buried here. Central tothespace is a life-size sculpture of Father Junipero Serra. montague mountain inn Altarpieces The hand-carved, gilded and painted wooden reredos and side altars (above) were brought from Mexico in the late 1700s and early1800s.Chapel The central building (right) still retains the original redwood beams, lashed together with raw hide. Theamber-colored window glass gives the interior warmth,reflected off gold-leafed fixtures. @
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