In 1794 two large adobe granaries with tile roofs, and forty houses for neophytes were built.

In February, 1797, work was begun on the church, the remains of which are now to be seen.

It is in the form of a Roman cross, ninety feet wide and a hundred and eighty feet long, and was planned by Fray Gorgonio.

It was probably the finest of all the California Mission structures.

Built of quarried stone, with arched roof of the same material and a lofty tower adorning its _fachada_, it justifies the remark that "it could not be duplicated to-day under $100,000." The consecration of the beautiful new church took place, September 7, 1806.