When the mission was moved, the existing wood and adobe building became the San Jose Chapel for the Presidio of Monterey.
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It is the only existing presidio chapel in California and the only existing building in the original Monterey Presidio.
The only surviving building from the original compound is the Royal Presidio Chapel.
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Portolá's actions were spurred by the Spanish fear that other nations – particularly Russia — had designs on its New World empire.
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The Presidio was renamed Fort Mervine in honor of Captain William Mervine, who commanded one of the ships in Sloat's squadron.
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United States control of the area began in 1846 during the Mexican-American War when Commodore John D. Sloat, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Squadron, landed unopposed a small force in Monterey and claimed the territory and the Presidio for the United States.
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