NoeHill Travels in California
Photographs of Historic Sites and Points of Interest on the North Coast
California Historical Landmarks in Mendocino County
California Historical Landmark 615
Fort Bragg
343 North Main Street
Fort Bragg
Period: 1857-1864
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Established in this vicinity June 11, 1857 by 1st Lieut. Horatio Gates Gibson, 3d Artillery, later Brig. Gen. U.S. Army. Named by Gibson in honor of his former company commander, Braxton Bragg, later Gen. C.S.A. Abandoned in October 1864.
Registered Historical Landmark No. 615
Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with the citizens of Fort Bragg and the Union Lumber Company. September 2, 1957.
In 1912, the building became a guest house for Union Lumber, and it is now the Guest House Museum which documents the 150 year history of the lumber and fishing industries on the Mendocino Coast.