Tule Lake Project Jail, Post Mile 44.85, State Route 139, Newell, Modoc County, CA

Significance: The jail at the Tule Lake Project was part of the Stockade, or Area B, a detention center established by the U.S. Army in late 1943 following a series of altercations between Japanese-American "evacuees" and staff of the War Relocation Authority. The Tule Lake Project is listed as California Historical Landmark No. 850-2.

Survey number: HABS CA-2279

Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1946 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06000210

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1933 - 1970

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