California Missions and the

Mission Inn: Influences and

Legacies

Pope Alexander VI Head of the

Catholic Church 1492-

1503

Father Junípero Serra established

the first California Mission,

San Diego de Alcalá.

Missions were built with adobe

and brick and featured

arches, bells, tile roofs,

and simple lines.

Mission San Antonio de Padua

Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Riverside resident Frank A.

Miller and his hotel, the Mission

Inn.

What do the words “inspired” and “idealized”

mean?

Do you think the St. Francis Atrio looks like part of

a California Mission?

Can you spot any influences

of Mission Style in these images of the Mission Inn?

What looks the same as the real Missions

you saw earlier?

What about this image?

What looks the same as the real Missions

you saw earlier?