Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site – The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area.
In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris . . . — — Map (db m61384) HM
First Marriage in California took place at this Mission between Juan Maria Ruiz of El Fuerte, Sonora, Mexico, 25 years of age, and Margarita de Cortona, 22, a Salinan woman of Mission San Antonio, on the sixteenth of May in the year of Our Lord 1773 — — Map (db m51561) HM
Designed by
Julia Morgan, Architect
For
William Randolph Hearst
Completed 1950
Placed on the
National Register
Of
Historic Places
December 2, 1977 — — Map (db m64334) HM
This historical property was placed on the National Register of historic places on June 7, 1974. Please do not damage or in any way deface this property.
Violator Will Be Prosecuted
US Government Property — — Map (db m64416) HM
