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29-588: Francisco Salvador Lugo and his son Antonio María Lugo began construction in 1795 on Casa de Rancho San Antonio on the land called Rancho San Antonio . Antonio Lugo served as the Alcalde (Mayor) of Los Angeles. The house is located at 7000 East Gage Avenue in Bell Gardens. It was built to qualify the younger Lugo, a former Spanish colonial soldier, for a land grant from the Spanish crown. In 1810, Antonio María Lugo completed

58-726: A joint venture with his brothers José María and Vicente Lugo and cousin Diego Sepúlveda , began colonizing the San Bernardino Valley and adjacent Yucaipa Valley. The land covered more than 250,000 acres (1,012 km ) in the present-day Inland Empire . Their colony charter was approved by the Mexican government in 1839. The valley was plagued by robberies and frequent raids by California Indians resisting loss of their homeland. Many would-be colonizers would stay only for short periods of time. The Lugo families became strong allies with

87-628: Is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County , California , near the present-day town of Jolon . Founded on July 14, 1771, it was the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra . The mission was the first use of fired tile roofing in Upper California. Today the mission is a parish church of the Diocese of Monterey and

116-532: Is listed on the plaque of those present at the founding of Los Angeles on September 4, 1781. Lugo married Juana María Martínez y Vianazul. Together they had nine children: Rosa María de Lugo (1761–1797), María Tomasa Ygnacia Lugo Martínez (1763–1816), Salvador Lugo (1766–1784), Gerónimo Teodoro Lugo (1773–?), José Ignacio de Lugo (1775–1800), María Antonia Isabel Lugo (1776–1855), Antonio María Lugo (1778–1860), Juan María Alejandro de Lugo (1780–1830), and María Ygnacia de Lugo (1783–1798). Antonio Maria Lugo (1778–1860)

145-587: Is no longer active in the mission work which it was set up to provide. Mission San Antonio de Padua was the third Mission to be founded in Alta California, and was located along the very earliest routing of the Camino Real. This mission was located on a site which was unfortunately somewhat remote from the more reliable water source of what later became known as the Salinas River . In that very early year of

174-634: The alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles . In 1841, Lugo was granted Rancho Santa Ana del Chino by governor Alvarado. On Rancho San Antonio he built Casa de Rancho San Antonio the oldest home in Los Angeles County, California . Antonio and his wife Maria de Los Dolores Dominguez Lugo had five sons: José del Carmen, José Maria, Felipe, José Antonio, and Vicente Lugo (namesake of the Lugo Adobe ); and 3 daughters: Vicenta Perez, Maria Antonia Yorba , and María Merced Lugo . Maria married Stephen Clark Foster ,

203-707: The San Antonio River along the Santa Lucia Mountains as an outstanding example of early mission life. The mission is surrounded by the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, which was acquired by the U.S. Army from the Hearst family during World War II to train troops. Additional land was acquired from the Army in 1950 to increase the mission area to over 85 acres (34 hectares). This fort

232-778: The American John Charles Fremont in Los Angeles. Fremont requested that Lugo round up as many of Flores's abandoned horses as possible. Lugo rounded up about 60 horses between Los Angeles and San Bernardino. The United States won the Mexican–American War and annexed California in 1848. In May 1849, U.S. military Governor Richard Barnes Mason appointed Lugo as the first Mexican- Californio mayor of Los Angeles after U.S. control began. He served after American Stephen Clark Foster (1848 – mid-1849), and before Alpheus P. Hodges (mid-1850 – 1851). In August 1849 he

261-650: The Lugo family applied for and received the Rancho San Bernardino Mexican land grant of 35,509 acres (144 km ). During the Mexican–American War , Lugo led a Californio militia . In December 1846, he was ordered to punish a band of Luiseño Indians in retaliation for the Pauma Massacre . His militia forces, together with allied Cahuilla , killed 33–40 Luiseño in the Temecula Massacre to avenge

290-529: The Mountain Band of Cahuilla Indians led by Chief Juan Antonio . In 1842, the Lugo family bought the San Bernardino Asistencia , a former "sub-mission" of Mission San Gabriel . The adobe buildings were in disrepair. Lugo made repairs and soon he and his wife and two daughters moved into the asistencia. By 1842, the Mexican governorship of California was about to change. To protect their land,

319-461: The building efforts, though the construction of the church proper did not actually begin until 1810. In 1805, the native people at the mission, mostly Northern Salinan (Antoniano) but also some Yokuts and Esselen , had increased to 1,300. By 1810, only 178 Native Americans were living at the Mission, In 1834, after secularization there were 150 Mission Indians remaining. No town grew up around

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348-609: The deaths of 11 Californio lancers. The latter were killed for stealing horses from the Luiseño. He was the leader of Californio forces during the Battle of Chino and the Temecula Massacre . By January 1847, he was placed in charge of the Chino prisoners by General José María Flores . Lugo escorted the prisoners to the Rancho Santa Ana del Chino and released them. In March 1847, he met with

377-650: The early colonists who became known as Californios . Francisco Salvador Lugo (1740–1805), born in Sinaloa, Mexico , came to Las Californias in 1774. He was a soldier in the province and was stationed in northern California until 1781. Next he was assigned as part of the founding of the Pueblo de Los Angeles . Francisco Lugo was one of the soldiers who escorted the Los Angeles Pobladores (farming families and colonists) in 1781 from northern Mexico into California. His name

406-560: The first American mayor of Los Angeles after the Mexican–American War . José del Carmen Lugo (1813 – c.  1870 ) was a major 19th-century Californio landowner in Southern California . He was born in 1813 at the Pueblo de Los Angeles , in Spanish colonial Alta California , then a province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain . José del Carmen Lugo was the eldest son of Antonio Maria Lugo. José del Carmen Lugo, in

435-599: The first permanent structures constructed in the Mission Revival Style . The first attempt to rebuild the Mission came in 1903 when the California Historical Landmarks League began holding outings at San Antonio. "Preservation and restoration of Mission San Antonio began. The Native Sons of the Golden West donated $ 1,400. Tons of debris were removed from the interior of the chapel.the mission

464-483: The growing population of Anglo newcomers. The ranch adobe, however, continued to be owned and used by the Lugo family. By 1865, most of the Lugo ranch, divided among five sons and three daughters, had been sold off for as little as a dollar per acre. The original adobe ranch home, however, remained in the family. In 1880, attorney Henry Gage, a transplant from Saginaw, Michigan, married one of Lugo's great-granddaughters, Francis "Fanny" Rains. The original adobe ranch home

493-456: The house and received the grant, naming his new grant Rancho San Antonio. The ranch eventually grew to encompass 29,513 acres (119.43 km), including what are now the cities of Bell Gardens, Commerce , and parts of Bell, Cudahy , Lynwood , Montebello , South Gate , Vernon and East Los Angeles . When California became part of the U.S. in 1850, Lugo, as did all recipients of Spanish/Mexican land grants, began losing portions of his land to

522-634: The house listed on the state historical registry, making it eligible for maintenance grants. Unfortunately, the Gage Mansion has not been properly maintained, despite its eligibility for grants under the Mills Act. A 2017 article in Los Angeles Magazine outlined how the homeowners within the Casa Mobile Home Park will not increase their own monthly payments in order for the landmark to undergo

551-459: The leadership of the Diocese of Monterey, Mission San Antonio de Padua transformed into a Catholic parish which also hosts group gatherings, gift shops and a museum with picnic grounds. Today, the nearest city is King City , nearly 29 miles (47 kilometers) away; Jolon, a small town, is located six miles (10 km) from the Mission. Historians consider the Mission's pastoral location in the valley of

580-420: The maintenance it so desperately needs. Homeowners reportedly do not care about the history, nor do they want the site again open to the public due to fear of strangers walking around the property. The California Historic Landmark marker reads: Jos%C3%A9 del Carmen Lugo#Francisco Salvador Lugo The Lugo family of California were prominent during the periods of Spanish and Mexican rule. They were among

609-590: The mission open. There is an active campaign to raise funds for the retrofit. Despite its being still referred to as a mission, the Mission San Antonio de Padua is no longer active in Catholic missions and has become more focused as a parish church, fundraiser location, and tourist attraction. In 2005, the Franciscan Friars turned over the mission's caretaking and ownership to the Diocese of Monterey. Under

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638-600: The mission, as was usual at other missions. In 1845, Mexican Governor Pío Pico declared all mission buildings in Alta California for sale, but no one bid for Mission San Antonio. In 1863, after nearly 30 years, the Mission was returned to the Catholic Church . In 1894, roof tiles were salvaged from the property and installed on the Southern Pacific Railroad depot located in Burlingame, California , one of

667-563: The missions, the later more favorable routing of the Camino Real , more closely aligning with the course of the Salinas River, had not yet been discovered or established. Father Junipero Serra claimed the site on July 14, 1771, and dedicated the Mission to Saint Anthony of Padua. Saint Anthony was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal and is the patron saint of the poor. Father Serra left Fathers Miguel Pieras and Buenaventura Sitjar behind to continue

696-438: The note. José del Carmen Lugo died in poverty in 1870. Felipe Lugo was baptized on August 6, 1807, at Mission San Gabriel . He married Maria "Pancha" Perez and they were parents to as many as 16 children. He died on May 9, 1885, at Rancho San Antonio and is buried at Old Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles. Rancho Potrero de Felipe Lugo is named for him. Mission San Antonio de Padua Mission San Antonio de Padua

725-521: The single-story adobe ranch house until his death in 1924. A century later, the Gage Mansion was all that remained of the once great Rancho San Antonio. In 1983 the Casa Mobile Home Park, a cooperative of mobile home owners renting lots on the property, purchased the land and the house from their ailing landlord, a Lugo descendant. Although they were aware of the historical significance of the old house, they had no means of maintaining it. In 1987 Bell Gardens City Councilwoman Letha Viles began working to get

754-504: Was born at Mission San Antonio de Padua in present-day Jolon, California , the seventh son of Francisco Salvador Lugo. After 17 years of service at the Presidio of Santa Barbara , in 1810 Corporal Lugo received his discharge and settled with his family in the Pueblo de Los Angeles . Antonio Lugo was granted the Spanish concession Rancho San Antonio in 1810, which was confirmed in 1838 by Mexican governor Juan Alvarado . In 1816, he served as

783-589: Was elected Justice of the Peace of Los Angeles and served until January 1850. In 1852, Lugo sold Rancho San Bernardino to Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich , apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Lugo's fortunes changed for the worse in later years. In 1854, he signed a note at five percent interest per month, compounded monthly, and mortgaged all of his property, including his home in Los Angeles. He lost his house and his land in Los Angeles to cover

812-610: Was gifted to Gage as a wedding dowry and it became known as the Gage Mansion. When Gage acquired the mansion, he embarked on a restoration project that included the incorporation of fine French wallpaper and the prominent display of the Gage family crest in the fireplace tiles. In 1898, Gage was elected the 20th governor of California. He served in that office from 1899 to 1903. In 1910, he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to serve as U.S. Minister to Portugal . He resigned after only one year due to his wife's health problems. Gage lived in

841-450: Was restored 2 times. Breaches in the side wall were filled in." Unfortunately, the earthquake of 1906 seriously damaged the building. In 1928, Franciscan friars held services at San Antonio de Padua. It took nearly 50 years to completely restore the Mission. The State of California is requiring a $ 12–15 million earthquake retrofit that must be completed by 2015, or the mission will be closed. As of 2011, there were 35 private families keeping

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