2. Police Centry Post
Stonemason-internee Ryozo Kado built the military sentry post and internal police post in 1942.

3. Manzanar Free Press
Internees published the Manzanar Free Press in Building 1 in the southeast corner of this block. The newspaper was self-supporting through subscriptions and advertising.

4. Administration
The director’s residence, staff apartments, post office, and administrative offices were located here.

5. Town Hall
Community meetings and events were held in the town hall. The community government, composed of elected block leaders, met here regularly. They served in an advisory capacity to the centerís administrators.

6. Manzanar High School
The school, located in Block 7, opened in October 1942 and graduated classes in 1943, 1944, and 1945.

7. Auditorium
Constructed by internees in 1944, this building housed a gymnasium and a stage for plays, graduation ceremonies, and other social functions.

8. Fire Department
The fire department, in the center of Block 13 near A Street, responded to occasional fires caused by short circuits and kitchen mishaps.

9. Typical Block
Building locations in Block 14 are marked to illustrate the layout of a typical block. The National Park Service plans to restore some buildings to this block.

10. Baseball Fields
Two of the larger baseball fields were situated here in the North Firebreak between Blocks 19 and 25.

11. John Shepherd Ranch
In the late 1800s, John Shepherd raised cattle, horses, mules, and grain here. George Chaffey purchased Shepherd’s holdings in 1910, established the town of Manzanar, and promoted the growing of apples.

12. Orchards
South of the tour road are more than 100 fruit trees planted by the Chaffey’s Owens Valley Improvement Company about 1910.

13. Block 34 Garden
Immediately south of the tour road at H Street is Block 34’s mess hall garden, one of the most sophisticated gardens in the relocation center.

15. Hospital
The 250-bed hospital complex included an outpatient clinic, dental clinic, pharmacy, laboratory, x-ray facilities, and surgery. Interned medical professionals and support staff managed the hospital. After October 1942, Caucasians joined the staff.

16. Laundry
The hospital laundry operated every day except Sunday and employed 26 internees. It served all units of the health section, the Children's Village, and the motor transport and maintenance sections.

17. Heating Plant
Using three large steam boilers, the heating plant provided heating for all hospital buildings and for washing and sterilizing the wards, operating rooms, clinics and the laundry.

18. Morgue
The 143 internees who died at Manzanar were brought to the hospital morgue for autopsy or to await removal to an outside funeral home or crematorium. A few hospital workers played poker in the morgue, where it was cool and quiet.

19. Children's Village
One hundred and one children of Japanese ancestry were housed in an orphanage 125 yards east of the tour road.

20. Cemetery
Although as many as 80 people were buried in the cemetery, only six remain today. The monument was constructed by internee Ryozo Kado and dedicated in August, 1943. Today, it is the site of the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on the last Saturday of April. The inscription on the front of the monument translates, "This is the place of consolation for the spirit of all mankind." The inscription on the back says, "Erected by the Manzanar Japanese, August 1943."

21. Buddhist Temple
The largest of three Buddhist temples was located here. The other two were in Blocks 13 and 27.

22. Block 12 Garden
Evacuees in Block 12 built ponds and planted trees to improve the barren landscape.

23. Net Factory
Internees produced camouflage netting for the military in 1942 at a factory southwest of the intersection of D and Manzanar Streets.