Comandante Ortega was relieved and transferred to Monterey. The first adobe housing construction began at the Santa Barbara Presidio on June 14 and included three storehouses, a guardhouse, barracks and three residences.ĭeath of Father Junipero Serra. The military staff were partially self-supporting with wheat from about thirty acres sown by the soldiers to the west of the presidio. The palisade around the presidio was completed by this time, and the water supply came from Mission Creek which flowed to the front gate. His company consisted of 57 men, including three sergeants, two corporals and fifty privates fifteen of these men were stationed at San Buenaventura Mission.
The command of the Santa Barbara Presidio passed from Comandante Ortega to Don Felipe de Goycoechea on January 25. The formal founding of Mission Santa Barbara was delayed. Serving under him were seven officers, 36 soldiers, and nine Christian Indian attendants. Lieutenant José Francisco Ortega was placed in command. Santa Barbara Royal Presidio was founded on April 21 by Governor Filipe de Neve and Padre Serra. Teodoro de Croiz, Commandant General of the Interior Provinces, authorized the establishment of a mission and presidio in the Santa Barbara Channel area. By August, the Portolá Expedition had reached Santa Barbara but did not found a settlement.Ĭommandante Pedro Fages and Father Serra set out on an exploratory expedition that reached the present-day site of Santa Barbara on September 6.Ĭaptain Juan Bautista de Anza passed through the area of Santa Barbara, leading a group of colonists to San Francisco Bay. Gaspár de Portolá and Franciscan Padre Junipero Serra founded the Presidio and Mission at San Diego, initiating the Hispanic colonization of Alta California. Sebastián Vizcáino entered Santa Barbara Channel on a Spanish voyage of exploration on December 4, giving the body of water its current name because that was the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saint Barbara. He died the following year and was buried on San Miguel Island in January. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed up the Santa Barbara Channel, and made first contact with the Chumash inhabitants of the area in October.
These vary from the Victorian styles, including Italianate, Eastlake, and Queen Ann found on the City’s Lower West Side, to the period revival styles of upper State Street, the exotic revivals of the Upper East Side, and the significant collection of Craftsman houses throughout the City. In addition, Santa Barbara’s thematic business district is surrounded by a collection of residential neighborhoods, each featuring unique architectural styles. The unique thematic Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival architecture found throughout the business district sets Santa Barbara apart from other California coastal cities. With a spectacular setting nestled between the mountains and the sea, bathed in a mild climate, the City has become a world-class tourist destination. Because of early intervention, original Spanish Colonial and Mexican-era adobe structures still exist, providing a window to the City’s past. We elevate nonprofits by offering opportunities to learn, grow, and become stronger.The City of Santa Barbara realized the cultural and economic value of preserving its historic buildings earlier than most American cities. We create and manage funds for donors, inspire people to give, and develop strategic investment opportunities to stimulate civic action. We strategically invest funds to enable the work of nonprofits through a rigorous process of research, planning, due diligence, and evaluation. We convene people to listen, learn, invest time and resources, and cultivate ideas to solve big problems. Together, we chart a direction and mobilize people like you to support the dynamic initiatives that makes this a better place, now and for generations to come. We convene community stakeholders to build coalitions and partner with nonprofits and other leaders working on the front lines. We analyze issues to identify challenges that burden people every day in Santa Barbara County. For over 90 years, the Santa Barbara Foundation has been a catalyst for change.
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