Jarrell Jackman: Rebuilding of Santa Barbara's Presidio Chapel Years in the Making | Homes & Lifestyle
In fact, the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation during this time established itself as the “Mud People,” as one of the board members called us. As previously mentioned, on my arrival in 1981 the trust had been rebuilding the presidio padres’ quarters next to the chapel at 123 E. Canon Perdido. The building was dedicated on April 21, 1982, on the 200th anniversary of the presidio’s founding. To this day, perhaps the most important event in the SBTHP’s history was about to commence: the reconstruction of the Presidio Chapel. By 1982, a set of chapel reconstruction plans, cr...
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