MICROFILMED 1985 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY GENERAL LIBRARY BERKELEY, CA 94720 COOPERATIVE PRESERVATION MICROFILMING PROJECT THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP, INC. Funded by THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION Reproductions may not be made without permission. CU-B SN 003837 THE PRINTING MASTER FROM WHICH THIS REPRODUCTION WAS MADE IS HELD BY THE MAIN LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, CA 94720 FOR ADDITIONAL REPRODUCTION REQUEST MASTER NEGATIVE NUMBER ¢5- q 2% AUTHOR: Know land, Joseph Russell, 18734966 TITLE : The California. Historie Landmarks League coo PLACE :[ San Francisco DATE: [909 VOLUME F356 CALL C2266KS MASTER 8°° . NEG. NO. 92% accomplished in three years; what it hopes to accomplish, [San Francisco] 1905. 1a p, illus, 26cm. ® Cover title, - Signed copy. cop. 1 - 1. California Historic Landmarks League. 2 Historic land- marks = California. ( CUB 69 ~ J em F856 Knowland, Joseph Russell, 1873-1966. C2266K5 The California Historic Landmarks League: what it has FILMED AND PROCESSED BY LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, C CA94720 REDUCTION RATIO 9 DOCUMENT; ——— - ~~ SOURCE THE BANCROFT LIBRARY i I 10 ba 8 _ kK 3.2 | =i k ui 40 |p BE § # = I E25 lie pes MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS-1963-A APPT PL PEPE PERE ERED ERECT FE STERLNG | 2 ‘ 3 4 5 ye 6 ju iii 21 obras nd anh anh anh mel anh Tm nln anh nln mn Tm mili 12 2) Bj) milun A psiland ps “r fo Aico 7 z J The California Historic Landmarks League a —— - a - mmr — Copyrighted, 1905, by J. R. Knowland ? GENERAL VIEW SAN ANTONIO MISSION BEFORE RESTORATION BEGAN WHAT IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THREE YEARS WHAT IT HOPES TO ACCOMPLISH AUGUST, 1905 Officers President HON. JOS. R. KNOWLAND 969 Broadway, Oakland, Cal. Furst Vice President Second Vice President J. J. LERMEN . FRANK H. POWERS Corresponding Secretary MRS. LAURA BRIDE POWERS 421 Larkin Street, San Francisco, Cal. Assistant Secretary Financial Secretary MRS. J. J. DONNELLY JAMES A. DEVOTO Treasurer W. M. ABBOTT gy TC5_ Fy . Peynau Press Govalasemsn San Francisco ram Board of Directors Hon. J. R. KNOWLAND Mgrs. GEORGE Law SMITH J. J. LERMEN Mgrs. LOUISE SHEPHEARD CHASE CHAs. H. TURNER Miss Eriza D. KeiTH Jas. D. WHALEN A. L. MANN Mgrs. LAURA BRIDE POWERS Mgs. ALICE MORSE WM. B. LATHAM Advisory Board Dr. DAVID STARR JORDAN Dr. BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER ArcuBIisHoP P. W. RIORDAN A. ALTMAN Rev. Roer. E. KENNA, S. J. WM. D. SHEA Dr. Eur McCLisH JAMES Li. GALLAGHER EpwARD DEAKIN CHAs. RoLLo PETERS Loring P. RIXFORD NewTON J. THARP Wu. H. LANGDON Jas. D. PHELAN Lewis F. BYINGTON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE LEAGUE Extracts From By-Laws *_ * * “The Board of Directors shall make or authorize all contracts or purchases and approve all bills, but shall have no power to render the League or any member thereof liable for any debt beyond the amount of money which shall at the time of contracting such debt be in the Treasurer’s hands and not needed for the discharge of prior debts or liabilities.”” * * * “The Treasurer shall pay no bills unless by warrant signed by the President and Secretary and approved by the Board of Directors. * * * The accounts shall be open at all times to the inspection of any member of the League.”’ BROMIDE ENLARGEMENT OF SAN ANTONIO MISSION The League has issued, as an aid in raising funds, a beautiful Royal bromide enlargement, 7x12 inches, suitable for framing, of the artistic view (copyrighted) of San Antonio Mission appearing on the title page. Price $1.25 by mail. Copies can be had on application to the Secretary. The California Historic Landmarks Leag ORGANIZATION HE California Historic Landmarks League was incorporated in June, 1902, with its principal place of business in the City and County of San Francisco. Briefly stated, the objects of the League are to preserve the historic landmarks of the State, notably the Old Missions; to place in appropriate places memo- rial tablets commemorative of historic places and events, and to encourage historic research. Its officers were chosen from among the representatives of the following California organizations: Native Sons of the Golden West, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Society of California Pioneers, Sons and Daughters of California Pioneers, Young Men’s Institute, California Club, San Francisco Teachers’ Club, Women’s Press Association, and Exempt Firemen of San Francisco. The League has received the endorsement of the Grand Parlors of the Native Sons and the Native Daughters of the Golden West. No officer receives a salary. By a provision of the By-Laws all plans for the restoration of his- toric buildings, and all designs for proposed monuments or memorial tablets must finally be passed upon by an Advisory Board composed of three artists, three architects, and representatives from the leading educational institutions of the State, thus insuring intelligent restoration and the adoption of artistic designs. The founders of the League believed that it was better to allow the Old Missions of California to crumble than to attempt modernization. Three years have passed since the California Historic Landmarks League was organ- ized, and during this period the following practical results have been accomplished : Tug CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE FORT GUNNYBAGS MEMORIAL TABLET oO the twenty-first day of March, 1903, the League commemorated one of the most important epochs of California’s history by dedicating a memorial tablet marking the site of old Fort Gunnybags, the headquarters of {he famous San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856. The ceremonies were MEMORIAL TABLET PLACED BY CALIFORNIA LANDMARKS LEAGUE interesting and impressive, many survivors of the Committee being pres- ent. Of the original executive committee of thirty, there were in attendance the only seven survivors. Among other notables present were Chas. H. King, son of James King of William, the founder of the San Francisco Bulletin, whose cowardly assassination resulted in the organization of the Committee. THE CALIFORNIA IISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE Rev. Chas. Doane, son of Marshal Doane of the Vigilantes, was also an inter- ested spectator. The tablet is of bronze, four feet by two, and was designed by Mr. Newton J. Tharp. The all-seeing eye, appearing upon the seal which was affixed to all documents issued by the Committee, is a part of the design. FORT GUNNYBAGS AS IT NOW APPEARS, SHOWING MEMORIAL TABLET 8 Tue CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE COLTON HALL BILL appropriating $1,500 for the prosTion of Colton Hall at Mon- terey was introduced in the State Legislature in 1903 by an officer of the League, then a>member of the State Senate, and passed both Houses, receiving the official signature of Governor Pardee. Within this interesting building, erected by Rev. Walter Colton, convened the convention, the mem- bers of which drafted the Constitution under which California was admitted COLTON HALL AS IT APPEARS TODAY to Statehood. Realizing the great potting: of obtaining from an ai witness facts relative to the appearance of Colton Hall at the time the Con- vention met, the Landmarks League began an investigation for the purpose of lop survivors of that famous assemblage. It was ascertained that Rev. . H. Wiley, who officiated as Chaplain during the Convention’s deliberations, was a resident of California, and although Dr. Wiley is now over eighty years of age, he consented to accompany a representative of the League to Monterey, furnishing a most accurate and valuable description of Colton Hall as it appeared fifty-six years ago. TaE CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE 9 REMAINING MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA A= investigation was made to ascertain the condition of the remaining Franciscan Missions of Northern California and estimates obtained as to the probable cost of restoring those demanding immediate atten- tion. In Southern California the Landmarks Club, of which Mr. Chas. F. Lummis is President, has expended over $5,000 in restoring the Missions in that portion of the State. Mr. Lummis and his associates are deserving of the gratitude of every patriotic Californian for what they have accomplished. The Landmarks Club of Southern California was organized, however, for the preservation and restoration of the landmarks located in that portion of the State only. EAST WALL SAN ANTONIO MISSION CHAPEL BEFORE RESTORATION BEGAN MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA T Mission, located in Monterey County, twenty-seven miles from King City, was found to be in a deplorable state of ruin. The roof of the once-imposing chapel had fallen, and the walls of adobe, unprotected, were year by year being leveled by the merciless elements. The beautiful arches were gradually becoming ruined heaps and the valuable tiles disappearing. No Californian could have viewed these picturesque ruins and failed to become an enthusiastic advocate of the Mission’s restoration. Architect W. D. Shea, a member of the League’s Advisory Committee, visited the Mission, later fur- nishing plans and estimates of the probable cost of restoration. 10 THE CALIFCRNIA II1STGRIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE On the 5th of September, 1903, the restoration of San Antonio Missicn began. Some conception can be had of the difficulties encountered when it is considered that San Antonio Mission is located twenty-seven miles from the railroad. Tons of debris were first removed from the interior of the chapel. The great breaches in the side walls, due to years of exposure to the elements, were repaired, between six and seven thousand adobes, each adobe measuring INTERIOR OF SAN ANTONIO MISSION CHAPEL BEFORE RESTORATION BEGAN 94x11x3 inches, and many weighing over fifty pounds, being required for this work alone. The walls are between five and six feet in width. When work ceased on November 21st, 1903, the east and west walls were practically completed and thirty feet of the roof frame erected. A number of poor Indians and Spaniards employed in the work of restoration donated a week’s labor, setting an example that should appeal to indifferent Californians. Tae CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE 11 Two winters have come and gone since the League was obliged to discon- tinue work owing to a lack of funds, and although every attempt was made 10 safeguard the walls and protect the new work, considerable damage resulted. Another severe winter and the Mission will be beyond the power of human hands to restore. San Antonio Mission is the largest and most picturesque of the Northern California Missions. Will the people of California allow this Mission to become a ruin when but $1,000 will complete the work of restoration ? WEST WALL SAN ANTONIO MISSION CHAPEL REBUILT, SHOWING SECTION OF ROOF FRAME IN PLACE ATTEMPTED REMOVAL OF SPANISH-AMERICAN ARCHIVES N February, 1903, an order was issued by the Secretary cf the Interior to 1 remove from California to Washington the Spanish-American Archives in the possession of the Surveyor General at San Francisco. These valuable archives, consisting of three hundred and two bound volumes, comprise the records of the Spanish land grants, military reports, old mission records, and other valuable documents bearing upon the early history of California. A joint resolution was introduced in the State Senate by the President of the League protesting against their removal. This resolution unanimously passed and was telegraphed to the Secretary of the Interior. As a result the Sur- veyor General was instructed to take no further steps in the matter of their transfer. Tae CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE WORK IN OTHER DIRECTIONS t in the Landmark work. Illustrated lectures have been delivered by the officers of TT League has been most active in arousing public sentimen over thirty cities and towns in California. Every possible the League in WORKMEN ENGAGED IN REBUILDING ADOBE WALLS, SAN ANTONIO MISSION CHAPEL assistanee was rendered Hon. W. R. Hearst in his commendable and successful offorts to raise funds for the purchase of San Francisco Solano (Sonoma) Mission, the ground surrounding the landing place of Junipero Serra, the TE CALIFORNIA HisTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE historic Russian settlement in Sonoma County known as Fort Ross, and California’s first theater building at Monterey. The deeds to these valuable landmarks have been transferred to the State of California and accepted by the Legislature. SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA MISSION ARCHES Mr. Zoeth S. Eldridge was seconded in the successful movement which he initiated to prevent the Post Office Department from destroying the beauty and euphony of California’s nomenclature as attempted by an order changing the names of numerous post offices throughout the State. The League is agitating the question of keeping Mission Dolores in San Francisco open to the public during certain hours. Permission has been granted conditional upon the furnishing of a caretaker, which, incidentally, requires money. Tae CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE CONCLUSION mM. yet remains to be accomplished, and every Californian should feel Wl obligated to render assistance. It would appear unnecessary to argue as to the importance of the work undertaken by the California Landmarks League and kindred organizations. Suffice it is to call attention to the indis- putable fact that each year’s delay entails additional expense and labor, eventually placing these valuable reminders of California’s glorious past (and no State has a more interesting or romantic history) beyond the power of money to restore. Then it will be too late! If you are not already a member you are invited to join the League. The annual membership dues are but one dollar, with ho initiation fee. Life mem- bership, twenty-five decllars. Fill out the application as printed on opposite page, enclcse one dollar, mail the same to the President or Secretary, whose addresses are given on page two of this pamphlet, and you will be enrolled as a member of the League. CALIFORNIA HISTORIC LANDMARKS LEAGUE. (Incorporated.) The undersigned desires to become a member of the League and agrees to be bound by its constitution and by-laws. Address END OF TITLE END OF REEL. PLEASE REWIND.