Father Junipero Serra, first Father-Presidente of the Alta California Mission Chain, founded the Mission San Antonio De Padua on July 14th, 1771. It was the third of California’s 21 missions, and Father Serra named it for Saint Anthony of Padua of the Oaks.
The original structures were begun in 1773, and included workshops, common spaces, and dwellings. These were made of small adobe bricks that were built by the...