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Landmark information
- Location:
On Monterey between Chorro and Broad Sts, San Luis Obispo - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
4/1/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
3/25/2016 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 16.832, W 120 39.843
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
1772
A Spanish mission founded by Fray. Junipero Serra, O.F.M., first president of the California missions, this was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma. Built by the Chumash indians living in the area, its combination of belfry and vestibule is unique among California missions. In 1846 John C. Fremont and his California Battalion quartered here while engaged in the war with Mexico.