Front:
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 OFA QUADRANGLE, ABOUT 300 FEET
SQUARE, INCLOSED BY A REDWOOD WALL, WITH TWO BLOCK-
HOUSES AT OPPOSITE CORNERS. FORT ROSS CONTAINED PIFTY
NINE BUIEDINGS, NINE OF WHICH, INCLUDING THIS CHAPEL, WERE
WITHIN THE INCLOSURE THE RUSSIANS WITHDREW IN 1844,
SEELING THER MPROVEMENTS AND STOCK TO JOHN A. SUTTER
OF SUTTER'S PORT. PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN 1906.
TABLET PLACED BY HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMITTEE,
NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST.
1928
Zan 1839
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PUBLISHED BY WHILAN - LONG BEACH, CALIF.
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