<P> By 1850 , the mission was nearly a ruin . The stone chapel building was deteriorating while most of the adobe buildings were eroding away . The roof collapsed in 1852 . The U.S. federal government returned the mission and its lands to the Catholic Church in 1859 . </P>
<P> By 1850 , the mission was nearly a ruin . The stone chapel building was deteriorating while most of the adobe buildings were eroding away . The roof collapsed in 1852 . The U.S. federal government returned the mission and its lands to the Catholic Church in 1859 . </P>
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mission san carlos borromeo de carmelo building materials
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