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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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icient for one building toendure, the Mission was but a few months back the scene of another fire.Newspaper reports at the time conveyed the impression that the entire structurehad been demolished bv the conflagration; so that it was with profound relief THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 77 that I verified with my own eyes that the damage had been confined to thedestruction of the roof over nave and annex; even the original ceiling beamswere but slightly charred, and burned to the point of impairment in not morethan half a dozen instances. Accepting the challenge of this culminating accident of a century and aquarter of misfortune, the citizens of San Luis Obispo have decided that theirMission, which is not only a local asset, but a part of the historical and culturalheritage of the people of California, is in its present condition an unworthytravesty of its former self. They have therefore organized to collect fundsfor its complete rehabilitation, all elements of the community uniting in an
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PLAN OF MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA Drawn from Preliminary Survey by Dr. Owen C. Coy of the California Historical Survey Commission. effort which is strictly non-sectarian. Happily, throughout all the mischancesI have recited, the Padres original massive adobe walls remain structurallyintact, unimpaired, as far as can be seen under the present conditions, save atone or two points which can be readily repaired. It is proposed, as moneybecomes available, to re-tile the entire roof, to rehabilitate the interior of thechurch, to rebuild the church vestibule and belfry, to remove the presentbelfry, to reconstruct the portico along the front, and to restore the entranceto the fore-court of the church. The accomplishment of this program willrestore the surviving portions of the buildings as nearlv to their condition inthe days of full prosperity as is consistent with their legitimate present use- 78 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER and the Mission of San Luis Obispo, which has sunk to the po

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