National Historic Landmark

Granada Relocation Center

Granada, Prowers County, Colorado
Listed
May 17, 1994
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
94000425

About this property

Granada War Relocation Center, known to the internees as Camp Amache ( ah-mah-chee) and later designated the Amache National Historic Site, was a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Prowers County, Colorado. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Americans on the West Coast were rounded up and sent to remote camps. The camp, located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southwest of the small farming community of Granada, south of U.S. Highway 50, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 1994, and designated a National Historic Landmark on February 10, 2006. On March 18, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act authorizing the Granada War Relocation Center to become part of the National Park System. It was formally established as part of the National Park Service on February 15, 2024, the third National Historic Site in Colorado after Bent's Old Fort and the site of the Sand Creek Massacre.

Location

Granada, Prowers County, Colorado
38.05087, -102.32721

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Sources

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When was Granada Relocation Center listed on the National Register?

Granada Relocation Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 17, 1994.

What type of historic resource is Granada Relocation Center?

Granada Relocation Center is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

Is Granada Relocation Center a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Granada Relocation Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.

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