Auditorium (Torrance High School)
Auditorium | |
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Location | 2200 W. Carson, Torrance, California |
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Coordinates | 33°49′48″N 118°19′11″W / 33.83000°N 118.31972°WCoordinates: 33°49′48″N 118°19′11″W / 33.83000°N 118.31972°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1938 |
Architect | Abraham Wesley Eager |
Architectural style | PWA Moderne |
MPS | Torrance High School Campus TR |
NRHP Reference # | 83003499[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 13, 1983 |
The Auditorium, also known as the Assembly Hall, is located on the campus of Torrance High School in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California.
It is a PWA Moderne style building, built in 1938 per NRIS? or 1924 per Gnerre.
- National Register of Historic Places
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
No individual NRHP nomination text seems to be available online, although the accompanying photos are.[2]
The Torrance High School Campus Thematic Resources study states that the auditorium is an outstanding example of PWA Moderne work. [3]
The Auditorium is one of four buildings on the campus of the Torrance High School listed on the NRHP, the other buildings are:
A 1924 building was a source of pride for Torrance, and was its first large meeting hall, preceding construction of a civic center.[4]
It was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and was rebuilt as a New Deal project.[5]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Auditorium" (PDF). National Park Service. with six photos from 1983
- ↑ Don Fulton, Carolyne Campbell, Holly Hamlin, Roger Hatheway, Elinor Aurthur, and Neil Stanton Palmer (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Torrance High School Campus Thematic Resources" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ↑ Sam Gnerre (December 29, 2011). "Torrance High School auditorium". Daily Breeze.
- ↑ "TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM – TORRANCE CA". The Living New Deal.