National Register of Historic Places

Washington, Henry, Survey Marker

Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California
Listed
May 11, 1975
Type
Object
Period
Listed
Ref No.
75000459

About this property

The Henry Washington Survey Marker is a survey marker in San Bernardino National Forest in San Bernardino County, California. The marker served as the earliest initial points of the San Bernardino Baseline and Meridian, which in turn mark the starting points for the surveying and subdivision of land in Southern California. Colonel Henry Washington placed the marker in 1852 at the beginning of the U.S. Surveyor General's Office's land survey of Southern California, the first survey of the region. Later surveys in 1897 and 1907 set new initial points for the survey east and west of the marker; these points replaced Washington's marker as the official initial points in 1917. Washington's original marker nonetheless still serves as a point along the baseline. The marker was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975.

Location

Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California
34.12029, -116.93038

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Sources

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When was Washington, Henry, Survey Marker listed on the National Register?

Washington, Henry, Survey Marker was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1975.

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Washington, Henry, Survey Marker is classified as a object in the National Register of Historic Places.

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