Mission Santa Ines, Church
19th-century Spanish mission in California in Solvang, California. Added to the National Register in 1999, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Mission Santa Inés was a Spanish mission in present-day Solvang, California, United States, and named after St. Agnes of Rome. Founded on September 17, 1804, by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living north of the Coast Range. Sunset magazine editors wrote of the Hidden Gem of the Missions: “With its simple, straightforward exterior, Santa Inés fits one’s impression of how a ripe old mission should look.”
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | E side of Solvang, S of CA 246, Solvang, CA |
| County | Santa Barbara County |
| Listed | Jan 20, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000630 |
| Type of place | Spanish missions in California |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, California Historical Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings, 6 structures, 7 sites |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | E side of Solvang, S of CA 246, Solvang, CA |
| Website | missionsantaines.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 34.59478, -120.13665 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Channel Islands National Park · 44 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Mt. Figueroa Campground 13 mi · Davy Brown Campground 15 mi · Nira Campground 17 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 99000630. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.