Founded by Francisco Palóu and Pedro Benito Cambón on June 29, 1776.

6th Mission in California.

Located in 3321 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114. The official Web-Page is: Mission San Francisco de Asís

(The Mission San Francisco de Asís is not to be confused with the later Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, located in the Napa/Sonoma Wine Country.)

The Mission ended up in the middle of one of the most known cities in the world. In year 1876 next to it a large church was erected: the Mission Dolores Basilica. The original Mission church appears small next to the Basilica Mission Dolores. A side door in the Basilica leads to a court between these both churches. At its end is entry to the old Mission Cemetery.

The Museum is rather small, only one room, and difficult to photograph. All exhibits are under reflective dusty glass or plexiglass. The exit door faces west, and so sun light causes extreme harsh reflections. Modern AI can remove some of them. Without the AI virtually all images in the Museum would be not presentable.

The original church of the San Francisco de Asís Mission did not survived to our times. In year 1876 the archdiocese had razed the old church, replacing it with a large Gothic Revival Church. That new church was than destroyed in the well known dramatic 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Architect Willis Polk restored the Adobe Church building in 1917, what is an another example of a dedication of English speaking Californians to preserve the origins of Alta California.

Wikipedia page of the Mission San Francisco de Asís.