La Purísima Mission
Built 1787. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 4 mi. E of Lompoc, near jct. of CA 1 and 150, Lompoc, CA |
| County | Santa Barbara County |
| Listed | Apr 15, 1970 |
| Listed for | Exploration and settlement |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 70000147 |
| Built | 1787 · more from the 1780s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, California Historical Landmark |
Visiting
| Address | 4 mi. E of Lompoc, near jct. of CA 1 and 150, Lompoc, CA |
| Coordinates | 34.6705° N, 120.4210° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Santa Barbara County
Public land around it
| Los Padres National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary1,970,265 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Guidebooks to historic places in California
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was La Purísima Mission listed on the National Register?
Apr 15, 1970. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was La Purísima Mission built?
1787.
Source: Wikidata
Where is La Purísima Mission?
4 mi. E of Lompoc, near jct. of CA 1 and 150, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California.
Source: National Park Service
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000147. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.