N of Fort Ross on CA 1, Fort Ross, California. County/parish: Sonoma.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000239.
5 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс, romanized: Fort-Ross, крепость Росс, krepost' Ross, Kashaya: Metini) is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California. Owned and operated by the Russian-American Company, it was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841. Notably cosmopolitan, different ethnic groups settled in and around the fort: Native Californians, Native Alaskans, Russians, Finns, Swedes. It has been the subject of archaeological investigation and is a California Historical Landmark, a National Historic Landmark, and on the National Register of Historic Places. It is part of California's Fort Ross State Historic Park.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858117