Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Ventura County, California

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San Miguel Chapel Site - location is not secret[edit]

San Miguel Chapel Site has been excavated and improved. The site is a public marked unfenced area so there is nothing secret about it. Here is the site labeled on the city website: http://maps.cityofventura.net/

The site is on the List of City designated historic sites:

No. 16. San Miguel Chapel Site SW corner Thompson Boulevard and Palm Designated October 27, 1975 NRHP

The San Miguel Chapel, originally constructed of adobe brick about 1790, served as a place of worship while the Mission San Buenaventura was being built. The Chapel was the first permanent structure in Ventura built by non-Aboriginal man. A second chapel, half the size of the first, was built on the site after the original chapel was destroyed by the earthquake of 1812. Subsequently, the chapel suffered extensive damage from natural causes, and, in 1873, the walls were torn down. The site was excavated by students from Moorpark College, starting in 1974. Excavated features include the uncovered aqueduct, which served the Mission, a rock foundation, a bell tower, and a section of painted wall.

Fettlemap (talk) 17:07, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Fettlemap. I agree those links pretty much establish the location of the site, publicly, so disclosing the location in wikipedia should be okay, too. In many other cases for archeological sites elsewhere, the National Register application is provided by parties with condition that the location of the site not be disclosed publicly, so I and some others generally try to honor that and not disclose info that probably is private. But here, i agree the location is public. Both those references should be added to its article (though not the too-long-for-copyright-reasons quote; street address (and latitude and longitude of a central point) should be added to the article and to the list-article here. Thanks for your attention to this! --do ncr am 17:25, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I started article at San Miguel Chapel Site and am adding some of this info now. Please feel welcome to contribute more, e.g. in the writing of the article itself! Thanks, --do ncr am 17:33, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]