The Fort (Taft, California)
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The Fort is a government building located at the intersection of Ash and Lincoln Sts. in Taft,
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. The building is a replica of
Sutter's Fort Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican ''Alta California'' province. Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally part of a utopian colonial project called New Helvetia (''New Switzerland'') ...
in
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. The property is surrounded by tall
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walls with large wooden entrance gates; the interior has a main building surrounded by a courtyard and several smaller offices. The Fort was built by the
Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to car ...
from 1938 to 1940 and was one of the largest WPA buildings constructed in the
San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley ( ; Spanish language in California, Spanish: ''Valle de San Joaquín'') is the southern half of California's Central Valley (California), Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an importa ...
. The buildings at The Fort have been used for government offices at the federal, state, and local levels. The Fort was added to the
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on July 22, 1981.


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California Historical Landmarks in Kern County, California Properties and districts listed as California Historical Landmarks within Kern County. *Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in t ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Kern County, California __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kern County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kern County, Califo ...


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* Buildings and structures in Kern County, California Government buildings completed in 1940 Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Kern County, California Works Progress Administration in California {{KernCountyCA-NRHP-stub