Photos: Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores)

Franciscan monks spend a day at the Mission Dolores in 1925.   (California News Service / Los Angeles Times Library)

A historical photo of the Parrish Rectory Seminary Inn circa 1860.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A diaorama of how Mission Dolores would have looked in the 1800s.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

An illustration of Indians at the mission, 1816.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A view of Mission Dolores, considered the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The altar at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A floor to ceiling mural decorates the altar at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Mission Dolores, which is in central San Francisco, is a state historical landmark.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The tombstone of Don Francisco de Haro, first alcalde (traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had judicial and administrative functions) of San Francisco.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A statue of Fray Junípero Serra, founder of the California missions, in the graveyard at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The tombstone of Don Luis Antonio Argüello, first governor of San Francisco.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The entrance to the museum at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Local elementary schoolchildren get a tour of the museum at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

The traditional dress of a friar on display at Mission Dolores.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A statue of a friar during a baby’s baptism.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Artifacts for the altar that would be used during a Catholic service.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)