{"nrhp_refnum":"76000504","name":"San Antonio de Padua Mission","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Jolon off Del Venturi Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jolon","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.01379766750006,"lon":-121.25013936053104,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Native American","Hispanic","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Franciscan mission complex in a rural valley near Jolon, Monterey County, California. It was founded in 1771, and the present church was built from 1810 to 1813.","why_significant":"The nomination argues regional significance as the third mission in the chain of Franciscan missions in Alta California, founded by Fray Junipero Serra in 1771. It also stresses the mission's role in Spanish colonization, its early agriculture and engineering, including a water-powered flour mill, and its rural setting, unlike most other missions.","narrative":"Mission San Antonio de Padua sits in a rural, oak-dotted valley near Jolon in Monterey County, California. Fray Junipero Serra founded it on July 14, 1771, as the third in the chain of Franciscan missions in Alta California. The community moved to the present site in 1773 to be closer to fresh water. Residents added a large wing for Indian converts in 1790, built granaries, and constructed a water-powered flour mill in 1806. The present adobe church was begun in 1810 and finished in 1813, with a ten-foot rock foundation. Secularization in 1834 began a long decline. Restoration efforts in 1903 were undone by the 1906 earthquake, and the Franciscans began the current restoration in 1948. Excavation guided the work, and thousands of adobes were remade from the fallen walls. Today the church, quadrangle wings and a museum survive in a pastoral setting. The nomination ties the mission's importance to Spanish colonization, early California agriculture and mission architecture.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899","architect_builder":"Fray Buenaventura Sitjar (master builder); church built under Padres Cabot and Juan Bautista Sancho; restoration directed by Harry Downie","architectural_style":"Mission","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored beginning in 1948 and in excellent condition. The front wing is a museum, and other buildings serve as rooms for retreats, seminars and workshops.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.408339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000504.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000504/911dd43d91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000504/911dd43d91-1600.webp","licence":"Copyrighted free use","author":"Robert Stokstad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua_modern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Stokstad</a>, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua_modern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859964","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6878709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/san-antonio-de-padua-mission-76000504/"}