Mission Santa Clara de Asis

 (1777-1836) - A Spanish mission established in 1777 by Father Junipero Serra in present day Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California. Associated with the Presidio of San Francisco. Named for Saint Clare of Assisi. Secularized in 1836.

The Spanish Period (1769-1821)


The Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded on 21 Jan 1777, by Father Junipero Serra, as the 8th of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California. The site was moved four times to its current location after floods, fires and earthquakes forced it further away from the Guadalupe River and up onto higher ground. The current site is the 5th location and dates to 1822.


 * Site #1 (1777-1779) Located close to the Guadalupe River near current day Seaboard and Channing Avenues.
 * Site #2 (1779-1794) Located near the current day intersection of de La Cruz Boulevard and Martin Avenue. Memorial Cross Park commemorates the site at that intersection.
 * Site #3 (1794-1818) Located close to the northeast corner of Santa Clara University Campus.
 * Site #4 (1818-1825) Temporary location while the present church was constructed
 * Site #5 (1825-1836) Present church location until secularization distributed mission lands. Returned in 1846.

Mexican Period (1822-1846)
Mission Santa Clara de Asis was secularized in 1836

The American Period (1846-Present)
Mission Santa Clara de Asis was returned to the Catholic Church in 1846.

Jesuit Father John Nobili began a college on the Mission site in 1851, it became present day Santa Clara University.

Current Status
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California.

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 * Wikipedia - Mission Santa Clara de Asis