Weedpatch Camp, Ca.-- Part 3: Three Original Buildings Remain

A great name for a camp such as this one if you ask me.

The camp originally had canvas tents on plywood platforms for  residents and permanent buildings for the community functions such as administration, community hall, post office, post office, library and barber shop.  The resident tents were later replaced by permanent single story wood frame shacks.

There are three original buildings remaining of the camp that make up the National Register of Historic Places property:  the community hall, the post office and library.    These last two buildings, however, were moved to be next to the community hall to make the beginnings of a historic park.

In 2007, the exteriors of the library and post office were renovated

The buildings and camp are significant to the history of California because of the migration of people to the state trying to escape the Dust Bowl.

--RoadDog