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Brand Park is a recreation facility in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, named after developer Leslie Brand. It contains a historic memory garden with fountains and a statue of Junípero Serra, and a community center for events.
The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 by Father Fermín Lasuén who, with the assistance of Fray Francisco Dumetz and in the presence of troops and natives, performed the ceremonies and dedicated the mission to San Fernando Rey de España, making it the fourth mission site he had established; ten children were baptized on the first day ...
The Convento Building, known for its iconic arched portico or colonnade, was built between 1808 and 1822 and is the only original building remaining at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the Mission Hills section of San Fernando Valley in California in the United States.
San Fernando Road should also not be confused with the nearby San Fernando Mission Boulevard. The two roads intersect in the City of San Fernando about a mile from the San Fernando Mission. The former Southern Pacific Railroad, which now carries the Antelope Valley Line of the Metrolink rail system, follows both portions of San Fernando Road ...
A Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles, California, founded in 1800 and owned by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. It has over 30,000 graves and many notable interments, such as actors, directors, composers and athletes.
They are believed to have been grown from cuttings taken from the Spanish Colonial c. 1800 planted olive orchard trees at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España across the Valley. [ 2 ] When the site was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967, there were 76 olive trees along several blocks of western of Lassen Street.
The original adobe structure was demolished in 1900. The city of Los Angeles provided funds for the purchase of the property in 1923, and a Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style replica "adobe" ranch house was built by the city following an effort led by Irene T. Lindsay, then President of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society, and dedicated on November 2, 1950.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España: 157: Mission San Fernando Rey de España: 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd. Mission Hills: Also on the NRHP list as NPS-71001076 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel: 158: Mission San Gabriel Arcángel: 537 W Mission Dr.