Reconstruction and development of the grounds of the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego, 1919

Item Overview

Title

Reconstruction and development of the grounds of the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego, 1919

Alternative title

San Diego Mission

Architect

Benton, Arthur Burnett 1858-1927

Illustrator

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

December 1919

Date

1919-12

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

The San Diego Mission is also called Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded in 1769 by Padre Junipero Serra. Architect Arthur Burnett Benton was one of the original founders of the California Landmarks Club; he also supervised restoration of the San Juan Capistrano mission.

Caption

Reconstruction and development of grounds. San Diego Mission - California; designed by Ralph D. Cornell & Theodore Payne - Landscape Arch'ts; Arthur B. Benton - Architect.
Botanical labels on plan: chaparral, date palms, eucalypts [eucalyptus], existing pepper trees, live oaks, mustard & wild oats, native shrubs, old cactus hedge, pines or eucalypts, poppies, scattered olives, sycamores, wild flowers
Architectural labels on plan: adobe building, adobe wall, auotomobile [sic] parking, brick, church, old adobe wall, old well, padres' garden of mission fruits, path, patio, planting, pool, portales, reservoir, road, terrace
Signed: Ralph D. Cornell, December 1919
Legend: Dimensions for Church and buildings taken from old Spanish drawings and from recent excavations which are incomplete at time of drawing.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film
landscaping plans

Names

San Diego Mission

Location

California--San Diego

Longitude

32.7838006

Latitude

-117.1059409

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Religion
beds (site elements)
Landmarks
Environment
mission churches (buildings)
trees
Wild flowers
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
gardens
pools
missions (settlements)
patios
adobe (material)
portals
paths

landscape architecture