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rectangular plan,  corredor and  plaster sid-
                                                             ing, the schoolhouse was  designed to
        roses and  pierced with a
                                                             blend with the historic adobe buildings.
        sword.
                                                                                     [4) Winery
        Historically, three bells
        hung beside the chapel.                                                      Built in  1867,
        The  largest was  cast by                                                    the brick winery
        Russians  in  Kodiak,                                                        with its  massive
        Alaska and was  used to
                                                                                     stone buttresses,
        call  worshipers to morn-
                                                                                     was  important
        ing  prayer. The second
                                                                                    for the  storage of
        slightly smaller bell was
                                                                                    the famous Ca-
        also cast in  Kodiak in                                                     mulos wines and
        1796 and originally                                                         brandies, pro-
        hung at the San  Fer-
                                                                                    duced between
        nando Mission. The
                                                                                    1870 and  1900.
        fountain dates from
                                                                                   Wines were aged
        1853. Early photo-
                                                                                   in  casks  in the
        graphs indicate the
                                                                                   basement. The
        central  stem was                                                          1870 census  lists
        changed. The  Rubel                                                       Camulos Ranch
        family rebuilt the
                                                                                  winery as  the larg-
        fountain circa  1934.
                                       c=                                         est of four vintners
                                      II                                          in  San  Buenaventura
        [3) Schoolhouse                                                           Township of Santa
                                     II
        The only building on                                                      Barbara County,
        the rancho con-             II                                           producing 45  tons of
        structed  by the Ru-       t§J                                           Mission grapes  re-
        bel  family, the                                                         sulting in  6,000 gal-
        schoolhouse was            II                                            lons of wine and  800
        built in  1930 to                                                        gallons of brandy.
        serve the family's        II     ~                                      The winery also
        five  children, as       II      0                                      housed the rancho
        well as  the ranch                         0                            school  on the ground
        b'ookkeeper's chil-                                                     floor during the
        dren. With  its  long                                                   1880s.
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