California - Kern County
Kern County California has 25 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Tejon, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Building 4802, Rogers Dry Lake, The Forty Acres and Walker Pass.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Pinto-Oid, Silverlake, Lake Mojave and Tubatulabal dating back to 10999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Kern County historic places including Joseph R. Walker, Cesario Estrada Chavez, William Henry Schmidt, Courtlandt Gross, Tiburico Vasquez and Ygnacio S. Valencia.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kern County places including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chavez,Richard;holland,James;Malouf,, Pina,Luis;Dahlin,Dennis;Solinas,Geo, Charles H. Biggar, Henry A. Schultze, Earle Huguens, Currie & Dugler, W.Francis Parsons, Everett Hinshaw and Charles H. Bigger. Prominent architectural styles found in Kern Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Mission/Spanish Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Bakersfield California Building (added 1983 - - #83001183)
Also known as The Bakersfield Californian
1707 Eye St. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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Bandit Rock (added 1975 - - #75000431)
Also known as Robbers Roost
SW of Inyokern near jct. of CA 14 and 178 , Inyokern
Deadstar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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Burro Schmidt's Tunnel (added 2003 - - #03000113)
Also known as William Henry Schmidt's Tunnel
Address Restricted , Ridgecrest
Kurtis2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
First Baptist Church (added 1979 - - #79000478)
1200 Truxtun Ave. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Fort Tejon (added 1971 - - #71000140)
Also known as Fort Tejon State Historic Park
3 mi. NW of Lebec , Lebec
Philippe Giabbanelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Fort, The (added 1981 - - #81000151)
Ash and Lincoln Sts. , Taft
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Green Hotel (added 1989 - - #89000204)
Also known as Hitchcock Hotel;Shafter Hotel
530 James St. , Shafter
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Gross, Courtlandt, House (added 1987 - - #87000669)
Also known as Old Stone House
18600 Courtlandt Ct. , Tehachapi
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Jastro Building (added 1983 - - #83001182)
Also known as Standard Oil Building
1800 19th St. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Kern Branch, Beale Memorial Library (added 1981 - - #81000150)
1400 Baker St. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Last Chance Canyon (added 1972 - - #72000225)
Also known as El Paso Mtns;Black Hills;Indian Wells
Address Restricted , Johannesburg
Kurtis2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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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
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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
Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz (added 2011 - - #11000576)
29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd., Keene
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Chavez, Cesar Estrada
Area of Significance:
Industry, Social History, Hispanic, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
More Information:
Rogers Dry Lake (added 1985 - - #85002816)
Also known as Muroc Dry Lake
Edwards Air Force Base , Mojave Desert
Dual Freq, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot (added 1982 - - #82002187)
Also known as Santa Fe Depot
150 Central Valley Hwy. , Shafter
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Shafter Research Station (added 1997 - - #97001211)
Also known as Kern County Experimental Station
17053 Shafter Ave. , Shafter
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Tehachapi Railroad Depot (added 1999 - - #99001263)
101 W. Tehachapi Blvd. , Tehachapi
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Tevis Block (added 1984 - - #84000780)
Also known as Kern County Land Company
1712 19th St. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
The Forty Acres (added 2008 - - #08001090)
Also known as Delano Field Office, United Farm Workers
30168 Garces Highway , Delano
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Valencia, Ygnacio, House (added 1999 - - #72001549)
1020 High St. , Delano
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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
DimiTalen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Wasco Union High School Auditorium (added 1997 - - #97001188)
1900 Seventh St. , Wasco
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Weedpatch Camp (added 1996 - - #95001554)
Also known as Arvin Federal Camp;Sunset Labor Camp
8305 Sunset Blvd. , Bakersfield
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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