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 Town, in the Napa/Sonoma Wine Country.)

The Mission ended up in the middle of one of the most known cities in the world. Next to it in year 1876 a large church was erected: the Mission Dolores Basilica. The original Mission church appears small next to the 1876 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. We do not know the details and reason for this, but: The wall around the cemetery is heavily fortified by a fence with barb wire atop of it. Gravediggers? Trespassers? Graffiti vandals? I think it is sad that such measures are needed in the United States. Thousands of historic cemeteries are across Europe, you will not see a barb wire fence there anyplace.

The original San Francisco de Asís Mission Church did not survived to our times. Especially in a milestone event in 1876 the archdiocese had razed the old church, replacing it with a large Gothic Revival Church. That church was 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. Polk's resting place is in the Mission Cemetery.

Wikipedia page of the Mission San Francisco de Asís.