{"nrhp_refnum":"88002147","name":"Mission San Fernando Rey de Convento Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.27303032800006,"lon":-118.46196698399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The convento (monastery) building of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, at 15151 San Fernando Mission Boulevard in Mission Hills, Los Angeles. It is a long, low adobe building with a tiled gable roof, built in stages between 1810 and 1822.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest surviving building in the San Fernando Valley district of Los Angeles and the only one there surviving from Spanish California. It is also the only surviving building there built as part of the Franciscan mission chain, and appears to be the largest surviving building of Spanish California. It is cited for architecture, exploration/settlement and religion.","narrative":"Built in stages between 1810 and 1822 as a \"house for the Fathers\" at Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, this convento is a long, low adobe with a red clay tile gable roof and a nineteen-arch colonnade along its south side. It measures about 234 feet by 65 feet and holds a ground floor, an attic and a small cellar. The walls are nearly four feet thick. The building is the oldest surviving structure in the San Fernando Valley district of Los Angeles and the only one remaining from the Spanish era and the Franciscan mission chain. It appears to be the largest surviving building of Spanish California. After secularization in 1835, it stayed intact enough for tenants to use it while the church and other buildings decayed. The Landmarks Club of Southern California reroofed it after 1897. The 1971 earthquake destroyed its small bell tower and ruined the church, leaving the convento as the only mission-era survivor. Today it houses museum displays.","period_of_significance":"1810-1835","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; furnished with period furnishings as museum displays. The bell tower, destroyed in the 1971 earthquake, has not been rebuilt.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.209024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/88002147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002147/c11e8fa90c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002147/c11e8fa90c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"The original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MSF_033.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MSF_033.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convento_Building_(Mission_San_Fernando)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5166334"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/mission-san-fernando-rey-de-convento-building-88002147/"}