{"nrhp_refnum":"71000161","name":"Drum Barracks","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1053 Carey St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.784806366000055,"lon":-118.25758742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Drum Barracks is a military headquarters site at 1053 Carey Street in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, established in 1862. Only the two-story wood frame Officers' Quarters and a stone powder magazine survive from the original quadrangle.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Drum Barracks as the United States Military Headquarters for Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico during the Civil War. It served as a garrison, a supply base and the terminus for Army camel pack trains until 1863. After being abandoned in 1866, the site remains a landmark of the Civil War in California.","narrative":"Drum Barracks in Wilmington, California, began in 1862 as the United States Military Headquarters for Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. The complex was a garrison and supply base, and it served as the terminus for camel pack trains run by the Army until 1863. Its wood frame buildings included a commanding officer's quarters, adjutant's office, two large soldiers' barracks, a hospital, guardhouse, laundry, commissary and a stone powder magazine. The post was abandoned in 1866. Only the powder magazine and the Officers' Quarters remain. The Officers' Quarters, at 1053 Carey Street, is a two-story wood frame building of about 60 by 87 feet on an exposed brick foundation. Its late Greek Revival form is combined with a hipped roof, a bracketed front porch, paired double-hung windows with louvered shutters, and symmetrical halls with mahogany stair railings. It is in fair condition with minor alterations. The site is a Civil War landmark in California and is California Historical Landmark #169.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival with the hipped roof of the earlier Federal style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Officers' Quarters in fair condition with minor alterations; only it and the powder magazine remain. Owned by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.759288-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000161.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000161/51cdf1cf5a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000161/51cdf1cf5a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drum_Barracks,_Wilmington,_California.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drum_Barracks,_Wilmington,_California.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859069","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Barracks","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5309045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/drum-barracks-71000161/"}