The National Farm Workers Association Headquarters in
Delano, California, also known as Iglesia Pentecostal La Nueva Jerusalem, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2015.
[
It is significant for its historic use as a union hall starting on September 26, 1964. It was the starting point of the ]National Farm Workers Association
The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the Agricultural Workers Organizing ...
's protest march starting on March 17, 1966, in Delano and ending on April 10 in California's capital Sacramento.[
The building is a one-story wood frame commercial building with stucco exterior, built in 1953 by Henry Morales, with plan dimensions originally about . A side addition later expanded it to about in plan.][ photos.]
In 2015 it was in use as a church.
See also
*The Forty Acres
The Forty Acres, located in Delano, California, was the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union. The union acquired the site of the compound in 1966, and the buildings were built in the ensuing years. The first building construct ...
, also NRHP-listed in Delano
References
National Register of Historic Places in Kern County, California
Mission Revival architecture in California
Buildings and structures completed in 1968
Buildings and structures in Kern County, California
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California
United Farm Workers
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