But the mission’s convento building, which houses the museum, is a survivor of that 1868 quake. Nearby: Mission San José has always been about 13 miles north of the pueblo/city of San Jose.

The Mission San Jose church, completed in 1985, ... It was destroyed in an 1868 earthquake, though the west wing, currently the museum, survived, and was retrofitted in 2002.

Mission San Jose was founded in 1797 and was inhabited by Ohlone Indians. An earthquake in 1868 destroyed the adobe church and other buildings. Reconstruction of the church replica began in 1982 ...

As prominent local officials celebrated the creation of an advisory council tasked with preserving the city's Spanish missions, they revealed a plan to shutter Mission San José for a 14-month ...

The new LED lighting inside the Mission San Jose church Monday Aug. 15, 2011. EDWARD A. ORNELAS/Edward A. Ornelas/Express-News Father David Garcia shows graffiti on Mission San Jose Monday Aug. 15 ...