• Manzanar Gate Houses
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    Manzanar Gate Houses

    The two stone gate guard house are among the most recognizable and enduring landmarks of the Manzanar War Relocation Center. They were built in 1942, shortly after the camp was established. While the rest of the camp’s hundreds of wooden and tarpaper structures were dismantled or auctioned off after World War II, these stone guard houses (along with the camp’s…