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Landmark information
- Location:
36641 Fort Romie Rd (Co Rd G-17), 2.5 mi W of Soledad - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/10/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
3/24/2018 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 24.372, W 121 21.372 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
This mission, founded October 9, 1791, by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen,
ministered to the indians of the Salinas Valley. Governor Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga died here
July 24, 1814 and was buried in the chapel. Prosperous in its early years, Soledad declined
after 1825. Father Vincente Francisco Sarria, who stayed on in poverty, faithfully served the
indians until his death in 1835. Secularized in 1835, the mission was regranted to the Bishop
of Monterey in 1859. In ruins after 1874, the chapel was reconstructed and dedicated under the
auspices of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, October 9, 1955.