Mission San Francisco de Asis de los Dolores
Mission San Francisco de Asis de los Dolores
A Californian mission founded, 1776 , by the Franciscans , Fathers Francisco Palou and Pedro Benito Cambon. The first secular priest took charge, 1816 . The corner-stone of the present church, the oldest in San Francisco, was laid, 1782 . The mission building laid out in the form of a square was the center of great industrial and agricultural activity. The school was opened, 1818 .