Drum Barracks
Drum Barracks is a park in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. Drum Barracks is situated nearby to John Mendez Baseball Park, as well as near Wilmington Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drum Barracks and Banning House.
Drum Barracks
Memorial
Photo: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drum Barracks was the Union Army's headquarters for Southern California and New Mexico during the Civil War. It consisted of 19 buildings on 60 acres in what is now Wilmington, with another 37 acres near the waterfront.
Banning House
Museum
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Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Banning House is situated 2,000 feet north of Drum Barracks.
Phineas Banning High School
School
Phineas Banning High School is located in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Phineas Banning High School is situated 3,500 feet north of Drum Barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmington and Harbor City.
Wilmington
Suburb
Photo: Los Angeles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, covering 9.14 square miles. Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents.
Harbor City
Quarter
Photo: Elefuntboy, Public domain.
Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. Harbor City is situated 2½ miles west of Drum Barracks.
Carson
Photo: Laurie Avocado, CC BY 2.0.
Carson is a major suburb in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Carson is a very ethnically diverse but poorer suburb, with few sights or tourist destinations.
Drum Barracks
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.78447° or 33° 47′ 4″ northLongitude
-118.25775° or 118° 15′ 28″ westOpen location code
8553QPMR+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 40229649OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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