Fort Ross State Historic Park

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Fort Ross
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Reconstructed chapel at Fort Ross SHP.
Reconstructed chapel at Fort Ross SHP.
Nearest city: Fort Ross, California
Coordinates: 38°30′51″N 123°14′34″W / 38.51417, -123.24278Coordinates: 38°30′51″N 123°14′34″W / 38.51417, -123.24278
Built/Founded: 1812
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Other
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966
NRHP Reference#: 66000239

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Governing body: State

Fort Ross State Historic Park is a protected historic site in the U.S. state of California. It includes Fort Ross, the former Russian settlement, with the surrounding area comprising the immediate coastline and the redwood forest some distance inland. Most of the buildings of the site are reproductions. The one original structure remaining from the Russian settlement, the commander's house, is a designated National Historic Landmark.

California Department of Parks and Recreation as well as many volunteers put extensive efforts into restoration and reconstruction work in the Fort.

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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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