Best of California's Missions, Mansions, and Museums
Best of California's Missions, Mansions, and Museums

Author: Ken McKowen

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0899975542

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This two-color traveler’s companion features more than 130 of California’s best missions, mansions, and museums. In addition to insider information on many of the destinations, the guide features themed tours that will appeal to tourists and armchair travelers alike, history buffs, as well as teachers and parents. Every entry details the highlights of a particular place and includes operating hours, entrance fees, location, a phone number, and website information. Themed tours range from famous Californians, to lighthouses, ghost towns, and much more. This guidebook is a must-have for anyone interested in California's eclectic history.

The California Missions
The California Missions

Author: Editors of Sunset Books

Publisher: Oxmoor House

Published: 1996-12-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780376051721

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Story of dramatic founding, ruination, and eventual restoration All 21 missions with watercolor renderings, photos from early days to recent times Each mission's meaning, contribution, and history explained.

California's Mission Revival
California's Mission Revival

Author: Karen J. Weitze

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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The Mission Revival was pervasive in turn-of-the-century California. It offered the proper style for hotels, schools, railroad stations, and other public buildings as well as for houses. This short-lived, but important revival is thoroughly documented in this account of its buildings and architects. Attention is given to the movement's romantic literary background as exploited by promoters, its relation the Arts-and-Crafts aesthetic, and the practical implications of its use of concrete.

California Missions & Presidios
California Missions & Presidios

Author: Alastair Worden, Randy Leffingwell

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781610603645

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The missions and presidios of California are among the state’s oldest structures and are the most visited historical monuments. These notable buildings are an integral part of California’s history. The state’s recorded history essentially began with the Spanish missions along the ambitious chain of 21 missions on El Camino Reál (The Royal Highway) and the men who founded them. California Missions and Presidios is a gorgeous book that presents the history of these intriguing sanctuaries of peace and beauty. The eye-popping photography of Alastair Worden and Randy Leffingwell captures their unique character, while Leffingwell’s accessible text brings to life the overall history of California’s conquest by the Spanish; the construction and operation of the missions, presidios, ranchos, and adobes; and the background of the mission architecture and style. Seemingly unchanged, these missions and presidios have survived the centuries remarkably well—still welcoming visitors as a refuge of serenity and splendor while providing a glimpse into the lives of the spirited pioneers who built these structures and lived and worked there.