Cover Page

Table of Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Essay

Brief History

Gila River

Granada

Heart Mountain

Jerome

Manzanar

Minidoka

Poston

Rohwer

Topaz

Tule Lake

Isolation Centers

Add'l Facilities

Assembly Centers

DoJ and US Army Facilities

Prisons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord

Chapter 5 (continued)
Granada Relocation Center

Central (Fenced) Area
Hospital, Administration, and Warehouse Areas

There appear to have been only four major disturbances to the site since the buildings were removed in the 1940s: (1) a housing complex built where the hospital had been; (2) the present town landfill north of the relocation center landfill in the sewage treatment plant area; (3) a cylindrical metal water tank in Block 11K, added in the late 1960s; and (4) a recent well in Block 11F.

There are modern houses in the hospital area, in the northeast part of the central area (Figure 5.29). According to Simmons and Simmons (1993), existing foundations were cleared in 1968 and the "Vista Nueva" housing complex was constructed for migrant farm workers. Originally built by a group of growers, the project is now owned by the Colorado Rural Housing Development Corporation; because of a decreased need for migrant laborers, the buildings are up for sale for removal from the site (Simmons and Simmons 1993). North of the housing area the concrete foundations of the hospital laundry and the boiler house are still present (Figures 5.30 and 5.31).

In the administration area there are foundations, a few low sandstone and concrete retaining walls, and what may have been decorative planters (Figure 5.32). In the staff housing area the foundations of the four dormitories and the mess hall remain. There is no evidence of the staff apartments other than four large sandstone rock and concrete boxes adjacent to roads where the apartment buildings would have been located (Figure 5.33). These measure about 10 feet by 15 feet by 2 feet high and are in poor condition; the structures may have been decorative planters for the apartment buildings.

Some of the water system features south of the administration area are still standing, including the concrete reservoir, which is covered with wood and rolled roofing (Figure 5.34), a concrete block well house (Figure 5.35), and a pump house with partial concrete walls (Figure 5.36). Apparently the reservoir and well house are still used; the pump house, which once pumped water to the relocation center water tower, is no longer necessary, since gravity provides enough pressure for the water to reach town. Along the southern perimeter of the evacuee residential area the foundation blocks of the water tower are intact (Figure 5.37).

Near the water reservoir the fire station foundation is still present. Most of the warehouse foundations have been removed. Only two concrete slab foundations (Figure 5.38) and two other partial foundations remain. Some small pieces of rubble have been left around trees. In the motor pool area there are three foundations.

Photo Album

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