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DEVELOPMENT OF S.B. SACRED SPACES
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CONTEXT: HISTORICAL EVENTS
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1542
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Santa Barbara Channel discovered by Cabrillo | |
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1602
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Vizcaino names Channel “Canal de Santa Barbara” | |
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1607
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Founding of Jamestown, Virginia | |
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1620
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Puritains land at Plymouth Rock | |
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1769
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Portola expedition camps at Santa Barbara enroute to Monterey. | |
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1776
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Declaration of Independence signed. | |
| Santa Barbara Presidio founded. Fray Junipero Serra presided at the dedication. |
1782
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| Mission Santa Barbara founded on land uphill from the Presidio, to minister to the Chumash native peoples. |
1786
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| Our Lady of Sorrows parish founded, to minister to the Hispanic population. Services initially held in Presidio chapel. |
1786
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1790
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United States Constitution ratified. | |
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1803
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The Louisiana Purchase | |
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1806
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Severe earthquake in Santa Barbara | |
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1812
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Another severe earthquake in Santa Barbara | |
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1821
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Independence of Mexico from Spain; California region effectively becomes part of Mexico. | |
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1825
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Disastrous fire in Santa Barbara | |
| Mission Santa Barbara secularized by the Mexican govt. |
1835
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1849
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California gold rush brings a great influx of English-speaking settlers and prospectors | |
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1850
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California admitted to the Union | |
| Our Lady of Sorrows (1st structure) built; serves as a successor to the defunct Presidio chapel. |
1854
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| First Protestant chuch service in Santa Barbara held in the old Aguirre adobe |
1854
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| Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 1st building (adobe), erected in Montecito. |
1856
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| Our Lady of Sorrows (2nd structure) built; lasts until earthquake of 1925. |
1865
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| Old Adobe Courthouse first used for Protestant services |
1867
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| Trinity Episcopal Church built |
1868
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| First Presbyterian Church built |
1869
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| St. Anthony’s prep school founded |
1869
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| First Congregational Church, 1st building |
1870
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1872
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First guide book to Santa Barbara published | |
| First Baptist Church built, 125 W. Ortega |
1874
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| St.Mark’s Episcopal Church started |
1875
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| Unitarian Church constructed |
1876-82
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| Trinity Episcopal Church built, Anacapa & Micheltorena |
1883
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| El Montecito Presbyterian Church founded |
1888
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| First Congregational Church, 2d building |
1889
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| Grace Methodist Episcopal Church built |
1891
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| “Little Stone Church,” across from Arlington Theatre, destroyed 1925, rebuilt 1930. |
1891
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| Holy Cross Chapel built on Santa Cruz Island |
1891
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| Chinese Shrine dedicated, Canon Perdido |
1898
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| Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 2d building, dedicated. |
1900
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| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Santa Barbara, was organized under the laws of the state with 16 charter members. An English lady, Miss Lord, gave the church a gift of $5,000 for the establishment and maintenance of a Reading Room. |
1900
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| All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church. The congregation of All Saints was founded in 1896 and the church was constructed in 1900. |
1900
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| Second Baptist Church founded, initially Mt. Olive Missionary Church. | 1910 | |
| In the 1920s, Our Lady of Sorrows expanded; parishioners erected a simple frame structure which became known as St. Aloysius Hall. It was disassembled and reassembled on Nopal St. as the new Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1926 (see below). | 1920s | |
| 1925 | MAJOR EARTHQUAKE destroys many buildings in Santa Barbara, including the then-standing Our Lady of Sorrows. The Old Mission was severely damaged. | |
| St. Anthony’s new chapel and tower built, in neo-Romanesque style | 1926 | |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe – The “new” church was actually St. Aloysuius Hall transplanted to Nopal St. | 1926 |