The Fort, Adobe fort in Taft, United States.

The Fort is a government building at Ash and Lincoln Streets in Taft, California, built as a replica of Sutter's Fort in Sacramento. It is enclosed by 14-foot adobe walls with large wooden entrance gates. Inside, a main building stands within a courtyard, accompanied by several smaller offices.

Built between 1938 and 1940 under the Works Progress Administration, the structure was modeled after Sacramento's Sutter's Fort as a government office facility. The project emerged from Depression-era job creation efforts in California.

The Fort takes its name and its form from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, which it replicates. The 14-foot adobe walls and large wooden entrance gates are the features a visitor notices first, enclosing a main building, a courtyard and several smaller offices. The complex has housed federal, state and local government offices.

The site offers both indoor and outdoor event spaces available for weddings, corporate functions, and community gatherings by reservation. Plan ahead if you want to use the kitchen facilities or need shelter for your group.

The site ranks among the largest WPA buildings constructed in the San Joaquin Valley during the Depression era. It gained recognition on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, relatively late for a New Deal-era structure.