Editing Mission Santa Barbara (section)

===Construction and development===
The early missionaries built three different chapels during the first few years, each larger than the previous one.  In 1787, the first chapel built was a [[palisade]]d log structure with a grass roof and an earthen floor that measured {{convert|39|ft|m|abbr=on}} x {{convert|14|ft|m|abbr=on}}. In 1789, the second chapel was constructed out of [[adobe]] with [[roof tiles]] and measured {{convert|83|ft|m|abbr=on}} x {{convert|17|ft|m|abbr=on}}.  In 1793–94, it was replaced again with another adobe tiled-roof structure that measured {{convert|125|ft|m|abbr=on}} x {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}}. However, the third chapel was destroyed by the [[1812 Ventura earthquake|1812 Santa Barbara earthquake]] on December 21.<ref name=nrhpinv>{{Cite web|last=Snell|first=Charles W.|title=Santa Barbara Mission|work=National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Nomination Form|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|year=1967|url={{NHLS url|id=66000237}}|format=pdf|access-date=May 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Significant Earthquakes and Faults Chronological Earthquake Index: The December 21, 1812 Earthquake|url=https://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/wrightwood1812.html#sbar|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=Southern California Earthquake Data Center}}</ref>

By 1815, construction of the fourth Mission structure had begun and was mostly completed by 1820. Most probably under the direction of master stonemason José Antonio Ramiez (as estimated by historians), the work was performed by a labor force of [[Chumash people|Canalino]] people.  The towers were severely damaged in the [[1925 Santa Barbara earthquake|June 29, 1925, earthquake]], but the walls were held intact by the [[buttresses]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scedc.caltech.edu/significant/santabarbara1925.html|title=Significant Earthquakes and Faults Chronological Earthquake Index: Santa Barbara Earthquake|access-date=November 16, 2020|website=Southern California Earthquake Data Center}}</ref> Restoration was undertaken the following year.  By project completion in 1927, the church had been accurately rebuilt to retain its original design using the original materials to reproduce the walls, columns, and arches.  Some years later it was discovered that the concrete foundation of the church had begun to disintegrate while it was settling into the ground, thereby causing the towers to crack.  Between 1950 and 1953, the facade and towers were demolished and rebuilt to duplicate their original form.<ref name=nrhpinv /><ref name=photos>{{Cite web|title=Santa Barbara Mission|work=Photographs|publisher=National Park Service|url={{NHLS url|id=66000237|photos=y}}|format=pdf|access-date=May 20, 2012}}</ref> The appearance of the interior of the church has not been altered significantly since 1820.<ref>{{Cite web |title=California Missions |url=https://factcards.califa.org/mis/santabarbara.html |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=factcards.califa.org}}</ref>

[[File:Mission Santa Barbara by Carleton Watkins, 1876.jpg|thumb|left|The Mission in 1876, photograph by [[Carleton Watkins]]]]

Remains of the Mission's original infrastructure constructed primarily by the indentured [[Chumash people]] under [[Spanish missions in California#Franciscans and native conscription|Franciscan rule]] are located on the eastern abutting property known as [[Mission Park, Santa Barbara|Mission Historical Park]], which was sold to the City in 1928.<ref name="SBMissionPark">{{cite web|url=http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/parksrec/parks/features/views/missionhistorical.asp|title=Mission Historical Park|access-date=September 4, 2017|publisher=City of Santa Barbara, California: Parks Division|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref> These ruins include [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]] vats, a [[pottery]] [[kiln]], and a guard house as well as an extensive water distribution system that incorporated [[Aqueduct (bridge)|aqueducts]], a [[filter (water)|filtration system]], two [[reservoir (water)|reservoirs]], and a hydro-powered [[gristmill]]. The larger reservoir, which was built in 1806 by the expedient of damming of [[Mission Canyon, California|Mission Canyon]] situated to the north within the existing [[Santa Barbara Botanic Garden]], continued to serve as a functioning component of the city's water system until 1993.<ref>City of Santa Barbara General Plan – [http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=16916 Appendix C: History of the City], December 2011, page 97.</ref> Also intact near the entrance to the Mission is the original fountain and ''lavadero''.