San Gabriel Arcangel Mission
428 South Mission Drive
San Gabriel, California 91776
Tel. (626) 457-3035

Founded in 1771, San Gabriel Mission is the 4th mission established in the Franciscan chain of 21 California Missions. Its bell tower and outside stairway are very different from the other Missions, as is its construction from stone, brick and mortar-instead of adobe, and its Spanish-Moorish style of architecture. Visit the Mission Compound and see how life was lived so many years ago when people made their own soap and candles from tallow, leather goods from cattle hides, wine from their own grapes, and everything else they needed to survive so far from any source of supply.

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and the San Gabriel Mission

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