Residence

After visiting the garden it's time to see how the padre's lived. We start in the kitchen (#4 in the map). The room dates to the 1820's and the beehive oven is original equipment.

Picture taken 1:50pm 22 Apr 2001

The dining room (#5) is reached through a low doorway. It features built-in cabinets. One of the doorways leading out of the dining room illustrates continuing damage being done by both earthquakes and vibration from trains going by on the nearby tracks.

Also hanging on the wall in the dining room is an 1889 colored photograph of the church.

Picture taken 1:50pm 22 Apr 2001

Room #6 is set up as a padre's bedroom. It's pretty basic with a fireplace and a rope bed. A typical padre's hat hangs on the wall.

From the bedroom you enter the living room (#7) and padre's administration room. This room is now set up as a general museum of mission-era artifacts.

Exit now to the mission arcade...

Or, continue inside to the church itself...