Part one of term paper
Saint Joseph’s has been around for nearly 200 years, 196 to be exact. Through the many years of its existence St. Joseph’s has had many architects and designs. Originally the building was a Spanish style establishment. It was first constructed in the early 1800’s in California. The last design was widely accepted at the time it was ...

Part two of term paper
... to stand up to earthquakes. In 1818 an earthquake cracked the walls and in 1822 an earthquake partially damaged the roof. In 1835 reconstruction of a second adobe building began only to be all but destroyed by an earthquake in 1868. According to San Jose and Its Cathedral by Marjorie Pierce, an architect by the name of Theodore Lenzen was given the job to reconstruct the church a third time in 1869. On April 23, 1875 the church was completely destroyed by fire. This time an architect named Br ...