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THIS CHAPEL WAS A PART OF THE SETTLEMENT FOUNDED
BY THE RUSSIANS IN 1812 AND KNOWN AS FORT ROSS. THE
FORT WAS IN THE FORM OF A QUADRANGLE, ABOUT 300 FEET
SQUARE, INCLOSED BY A REDWOOD WALL, WITH TWO BLOCK-
HOUSES AT OPPOSITE CORNERS. FORT ROSS CONTAINED FIFTY-
NINE BUILDINGS, NINE OF WHICH INCLUDING THIS CHAPEL, WERE
WITHIN THE INCLOSURE THE RUSSIANS WITHDREW IN 1844,
SELLING THEIR IMPROVEMENTS AND STOCK TO JOHN A. SUTTER
OF SUTTER'S FORT. PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN 1906
TABLET PLACED BY HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMITTEE
NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST.
1938
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