The San Bernardino de Sena Estancia was a ranch outpost of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in what is now Redlands, California, United States. It was built to graze cattle, and for Indian reductions of t
The estancia's "bell wall" was designed after the campanario at Mission San Antonio de Pala.
The San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, or the Pala Mission, was founded on June 13, 1816, as an asistencia or "sub-mission" to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, some twenty miles inland upstream from the
San Bernardino de Sena Estancia
…which replaced what was left of the original chapel building. Additionally, a freestanding campanario (bell wall) was constructed (similar to that at Mission San Antonio de Pala) even though none had existed previously. The restoration was completed in 1937, and the rebuilt structures were unveiled to the general public as "The…
The modern capilla (chapel) at "Pala Mission."
Pala Asistencia, with its original bell tower, circa 1875. The structure is loosely styled after a similar one at the Mission of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe located in Juárez, Mexico.
Pala Mission around 1903, falling into ruins
Pala's replica bell tower.