<P> After the Mexican secularization act of 1833 most of the mission's land and livestock was sold off by Mexico . Most of the buildings continued to be used as a parish church, unlike the other missions in California . </P> <P> In 1850, California became a state, with that change priests of the Jesuit Order took over the Mission Santa Clara de Asís in 1851 from the Franciscans . Father John Nobili, S.J., was put in charge of the mission . He began a college on the mission site in 1851, which grew into Santa Clara University; it is the only mission to become part of a university, and it is also the oldest university in California . Throughout the history of the mission, the bells have rung faithfully every evening, a promise made to King Charles III of Spain when he sent the original bells to the mission in 1777 . He asked that the bells be rung each evening at 8: 30 in memory of those who had died . </P> <P> In 1861, a new wooden façade with two bell towers was attached over the old adobe front of the building . The interior was widened in 1885 to increase the seating capacity by removing the original adobe nave walls . A fire in 1925 destroyed the structure, including the surrounding wall . The church's parochial functions were transferred to the Saint Clare Parish west of the campus . A rebuilt and restored Mission Santa Clara was consecrated in 1929, when it assumed its primary modern function as chapel and centerpiece of the university campus . It is open to visitors every day; the mission museum is located in the university's De Saisset Museum . </P> <P> The original mission cemetery, still used, is located on nearby Lincoln Street . </P>

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