Camp Anza

Camp Anza was a United States Army installation, in Riverside, California, during World War II.

The US Army purchased the 1,240-acre site from the Willits J. Hole Ranch (1910–1942), a barley and wheat farm.

Also Built were: headquarters, recreation rooms, chapel, laundry building, Southern Pacific Railroad station, library, fire station, newspaper print room (Anza Zip), 2,000 seat outdoor theater, water storage tower, motor pool, heating plant, and mess halls.

A housing subdivision called Anza Village and Arlanza Neighborhood was built on the land.

there remains: a few barracks, chapel, the headquarters, laundry facility, officer's club and warehouse; all reused buildings.

Camp Anza in 1945 US Army cooking training