Mission San Juan Bautista was founded on June 24, 1797 in what is now the San Juan Bautista Historic District of San Juan Bautista, California. Barracks for the soldiers, a nunnery, the Jose Castro House, and other buildings were constructed around a large grassy plaza in front of the church and can be seen today in their original form. Mission San Juan Bautista has served mass daily since 1797.
The mission was used in the 1958 Hitchcock film Vertigo, but the bell-wall was treated as a "bell tower" staircase, actually constructed on a studio lot.[2]
Location:
Corner of 2nd and Mariposa Streets
San Juan Bautista, CA
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 400
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
Phone:
831-623-2127
| Name as Founded | La Misión del Glorios Precursor de Jesu Cristo, Nuestro Señor San Juan Bautista |
| English Translation | The Mission of Saint John the Baptist |
| Founding Date | June 24, 1797 |
| Founding Order | Fifteenth |