▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁" Land marks ▁Club ▁of ▁Southern ▁California " ▁to ▁restore ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁southern ▁miss ions ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁( San ▁Juan ▁Cap ist rano , ▁San ▁Diego ▁de ▁Al cal á , ▁and ▁San ▁Fernando ; ▁the ▁Pala ▁As ist encia ▁was ▁also ▁restored ▁by ▁this ▁effort ). ▁L umm is ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁ ▁In ▁acknowled g ement ▁of ▁the ▁magnitude ▁of ▁the ▁rest oration ▁efforts ▁required ▁and ▁the ▁ur gent ▁need ▁to ▁have ▁acted ▁quickly ▁to ▁prevent ▁further ▁or ▁even ▁total ▁de grad ation , ▁L umm is ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁state , ▁It ▁is ▁no ▁ex agger ation ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁human ▁power ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁restored ▁these ▁four ▁miss ions ▁had ▁there ▁been ▁a ▁five - year ▁delay ▁in ▁the ▁attempt . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁author ▁John ▁Steven ▁McG ro art y ▁p enn ed ▁The ▁Mission ▁Play , ▁a ▁three - hour ▁page ant ▁describing ▁the ▁California ▁miss ions ▁from ▁their ▁found ing ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 9 ▁through ▁sec ular ization ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁and ▁ending ▁with ▁their ▁" final ▁ru in " ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁miss ions ▁exist ▁in ▁varying ▁degrees ▁of ▁architect ural ▁integrity ▁and ▁struct ural ▁sound ness . ▁The ▁most ▁common ▁ext ant ▁features ▁at ▁the ▁mission ▁grounds ▁include ▁the ▁church ▁building ▁and ▁an ▁anc ill ary ▁convent o ▁( con