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Fort Tejon State Historic Park

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: Arvin CA USA
  • Telephone Number: +1-661-248-6692
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Fort Tejon State Historic Park, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its original historic buildings have been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. Several buildings have been restored, and two are partially open to visitors. The restored barracks contain display cases of uniforms and a recreated troopers quarters. The commanding officers quarters have several restored and furnished rooms. Officers quarters nearby are only stabilized in a state of arrested decay, with walls buttressed by masonry and lumber and tied together with reinforcing rods. A quartermaster building has recently been erected and houses materials used in Dragoon life and Civil War reenactments. Several unrestored buildings are denoted by split rail fences along the outlines of their foundations. A park office with Dragoon life exhibits and restrooms is at the east end of the parade ground near the parking lot by Interstate 5.Fort Tejon is the site of frequent Civil War reenactments presented by the Fort Tejon Historical Association.Fort Tejon State Historic Park pamphlet, State of California, Department of Parks & Recreation, Sacramento, California, 1991.