National Register of Historical Places - CALIFORNIA (CA), Kern County

Bakersfield California Building (added 1983 - - #83001183)

Also known as The Bakersfield Californian

1707 Eye St. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bigger,Charles H., Eissler,Henry

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Social History, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Water Works

Bandit Rock (added 1975 - - #75000431)

Also known as Robbers Roost

SW of Inyokern near jct. of CA 14 and 178 , Inyokern

Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Vasquez,Tiburico

Significant Year:

1874

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Outdoor Recreation

Burro Schmidt's Tunnel (added 2003 - - #03000113)

Also known as William Henry Schmidt's Tunnel

Address Restricted , Ridgecrest

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schmidt, William Henry

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Schmidt, William Henry

Significant Year:

1938

Area of Significance:

Social History, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Processing Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Errea House (added 1997 - - #97000809)

311 S. Green St. , Tehachapi

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum

First Baptist Church (added 1979 - - #79000478)

1200 Truxtun Ave. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Biggar,Charles H.,et al.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Fort Tejon (added 1971 - - #71000140)

Also known as Fort Tejon State Historic Park

3 mi. NW of Lebec , Lebec

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Fort, The (added 1981 - - #81000151)

Ash and Lincoln Sts. , Taft

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parsons,W.Francis, Federal Works Admin.,County of Kern

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

Green Hotel (added 1989 - - #89000204)

Also known as Hitchcock Hotel;Shafter Hotel

530 James St. , Shafter

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local,Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Gross, Courtlandt, House (added 1987 - - #87000669)

Also known as Old Stone House

18600 Courtlandt Ct. , Tehachapi

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parkinson,Donald B., Huguens,Earle

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Gross,Courtlandt

Significant Year:

1942

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Jastro Building (added 1983 - - #83001182)

Also known as Standard Oil Building

1800 19th St. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hinshaw,Everett, Currie & Dugler

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Government

Kern Branch, Beale Memorial Library (added 1981 - - #81000150)

1400 Baker St. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Clark,O.L.,et al

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

Last Chance Canyon (added 1972 - - #72000225)

Also known as El Paso Mtns;Black Hills;Indian Wells

Address Restricted , Johannesburg

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Pinto-oid, Silverlake, Lake Mojave

Period of Significance:

9000-10999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Outdoor Recreation

Long Canyon Village Site (added 1980 - - #80000803)

Address Restricted , South Lake

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Tubatulabal

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal,Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Building 4802 (added 2006 - - #06000656)

Also known as Main Hanger

South end of Walker Ave. , Edwards Air Force Base

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Invention, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related

Rogers Dry Lake (added 1985 - - #85002816)

Also known as Muroc Dry Lake

Edwards Air Force Base , Mojave Desert

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Other

Period of Significance:

1975-2000, 1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Air-Related, Conservation Area

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related, Conservation Area

Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot (added 1982 - - #82002187)

Also known as Santa Fe Depot

150 Central Valley Hwy. , Shafter

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Santa Fe Railroad

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Shafter Research Station (added 1997 - - #97001211)

Also known as Kern County Experimental Station

17053 Shafter Ave. , Shafter

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Science

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

Tehachapi Railroad Depot (added 1999 - - #99001263)

101 W. Tehachapi Blvd. , Tehachapi

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Tevis Block (added 1984 - - #84000780)

Also known as Kern County Land Company

1712 19th St. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schultze,Henry A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Economics, Education, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Museum

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

The Forty Acres (added 2008 - - #08001090)

Also known as Delano Field Office

30168 Garces Highway , Delano

Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Chavez, Cesario Estrada

Area of Significance:

Hispanic, Pacific-Islander, Social History, Economics

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic,Health Care,Landscape,Recreation And Culture,Social,Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Clinic, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Social, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Meeting Hall, Monument/Marker, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Park, Road-Related

Valencia, Ygnacio, House (added 1999 - - #72001549)

1020 High St. , Delano

Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Valencia,Ygnacio S.

Significant Year:

1875

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade,Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Walker Pass (added 1966 - - #66000210)

60 mi. NE of Bakersfield on CA 178 , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Walker,Joseph R.

Significant Year:

1843, 1845, 1834

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Federal,Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related

Wasco Union High School Auditorium (added 1997 - - #97001188)

1900 Seventh St. , Wasco

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

multiple

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education,Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Auditorium, School

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Auditorium, School

Weedpatch Camp (added 1996 - - #95001554)

Also known as Arvin Federal Camp;Sunset Labor Camp

8305 Sunset Blvd. , Bakersfield

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Politics/Government, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education,Government,Social

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Meeting Hall, Post Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use