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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.

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