Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! A statue of Father Junípero Serra and an Indian boy, sculpted by 'Tole van Rensalaar'; the work was commissioned in 1914 by Father St. John O'Sullivan to depict the meeting of the two cultures. Father O'Sullivan acted as the subject for Serra, and local resident Clarence Mendelson was the model for the boy. A plan view of the Mission San Juan Capistrano complex (including the footprint of the "Great Stone Church") prepared by architectural historian Rexford Newcomb in 1916. Newcomb, p. 15. A close-up view of the majestic ruins of Mission San Juan Capistrano's "Great Stone Church," dubbed the "American Acropolis" in reference to its classical Greco-Roman style. A Moorish-style fountain inside Mission San Juan Capistrano's central courtyard, built in the 1920s through the efforts of Father St. John O'Sullivan. The caretaker chats with guests beneath the shade of one of Mission San Juan Capistrano's courtyard arcades. The facility's advanced state of decay is evident. Father José Mut's dining room as it is thought to have looked during his twenty-year stay at the Mission. Some years later, furniture maker and architect Gustav Stickley (the leading spokesperson for the American Arts and Crafts movement) would develop a reputation for fine, hand-crafted furnishings that were inspired by pieces such as these.Cathers, p. 45. The "Golden Altar," an early Baroque-style retablo (altarpiece) situated at the north-end sanctuary of "Father Serra's Church.". A view of Mission San Juan Capistrano's "Sacred Garden" that was developed in 1920. The four-bell campanario was erected a year after the bell tower at "The Great Stone Church" was toppled in the 1812 earthquake. Looking down the arcade at Mission San Juan Capistrano's old adobe chapel. Cliff Swallows, annual visitors to the Mission, typically build their nests here. Note that much of the plaster finish has come off, exposing the bricks beneath to the elements. An overall view of "The Mission of the Swallow" around the time of Father St. John O'Sullivan's arrival in 1910. Clerical historian Father Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M. visits Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1915. An 1894 painting by Fred Behre and John Gutzon Borglum depicts the intact Mission. Watercolor and gouache. The Basilica at San Juan Capistrano, designed after the "Great Stone Church," in 1987. One of the earliest examples of "Mission Revival Style" architecture, the Sante Fe Railway depot in San Juan Capistrano (with its 40-foot high dome and bell) was considered to be one of the railroad's finest when it was completed on October 8, 1894. This circa 1921 view of the Mission San Juan Capistrano complex documents the restoration work that was already well underway by that time. The perimeter garden wall, including the ornate entranceway, is an early-20th century addition.

• published: 18 Mar 2010
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