Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery

Historical site in San Luis Obispo County, California,US

United States historic place


Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Santa Rosa Cemetery
35°33′58″N 121°04′53″W / 35.56611°N 121.08139°W / 35.56611; -121.08139
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1870–71
NRHP reference No.	82000990^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1982

The Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery is a historic church building and cemetery on Main Street in Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California. Built from 1870 to 1871, the church was the first in Cambria and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the town. The church has a simple Classical Revival design with clapboard siding, a gable roof, a boxed cornice and frieze, and an arched entrance topped with a fanlight. The church's cemetery is behind the church building.^[2]^[3]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1982.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Newman, Clementine M. (March 24, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery". National Park Service. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Santa Rosa Cemetery at 35°33′59″N 121°04′49″W / 35.56639°N 121.08028°W / 35.56639; -121.08028

External links

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Photos from the NRHP nomination
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave
Old Santa Rosa Chapel, photo gallery at Flickr