A 1906 photo of San Francisco's Mission Dolores, the oldest building in the city, after surviving the 1906 earthquake.
Dozens of magnificent churches were turned to rubble or burned in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. But the FIRST and OLDEST one, Mission Dolores, was able to ride it out. IMAGE: #MissionDolores in 1906, International Stereograph Co., publisher. Library of Congress