The Mission Vieja or Misión Vieja or the Old Mission was the first Spanish mission in the San Gabriel Valley. Mission Vieja was built in 1771 by what would become the fathers of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The Mission Vieja site was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.161) on Jan. 11, 1935. The location of Mission Vieja is at what is now the South West corner North San Gabriel Blvd and North Lincoln Ave in Montebello, California. The site has a plaque marker and an El Camino Real Bell. Mission Vieja was the first building in the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County.
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👉 Mission Vieja in the context of San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley (Spanish: Valle de San Gabriel), sometimes referred to by its initials as SGV, is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, with the city of Los Angeles directly bordering it to the west and occupying the vast majority of the southeastern part of Los Angeles County. Surrounding landforms and other features include:
- the San Gabriel Mountains to the north;
- the San Rafael Hills to the west, with the Los Angeles Basin beyond;
- the Crescenta Valley to the northwest;
- the Puente Hills to the south, with the coastal plain of Orange County beyond;
- the Chino Hills and San Jose Hills to the east, with the Pomona Valley and Inland Empire beyond; and
- the city limits of Los Angeles bordering its western edge.
The San Gabriel Valley derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows southward through the center of the valley, which itself was named for the Spanish Mission San Gabriel Arcángel originally built in the Whittier Narrows in 1771.