Mission San Francisco Solano

Sonoma County · Sonoma State Historic Park · location approximate

On July 4, 1823, Padre José Altmire founded this northernmost of California's Franciscan missions, the only one established in California under independent Mexico. In 1834 secularization orders were carried out by Military Commandant M. G. Vallejo. San Francisco Solano was a parish church serving the Pueblo and Sonoma Valley, until sold in 1881.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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