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Date added: July 20, 2023; Modified: March 3, 2024
Virginia Road Elementary School, which opened in 1924, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the rehabilitation of… read more
Date added: August 19, 2010; Modified: February 28, 2024
The Gorman School was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939. The Mission Revival style design (red tile roof, beige stucco) was common for New Deal buildings in California. The stone retaining wall and sidewalk are probably WPA,… read more
Date added: July 30, 2011; Modified: February 27, 2024
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a Recreational Building in Huntington Beach, California. The building was completed in 1938 and cost $58,889. The large building was said to have the capacity to accommodate 1000 people. It was commonly referred to… read more
Date added: September 20, 2010; Modified: February 27, 2024
The New Deal post office in Whittier, California, was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. It was designed by R. L. Warren, with Louis A. Simon, one of the Roosevelt Administration’s chief New Deal architects, serving as Supervising… read more
Date added: February 21, 2010; Modified: February 27, 2024
The Whittier post office formerly held a tempera mural, “Boy with Sheep,” painted by Thomas Laman in 1938 with funding from the Section of Fine Arts and the Treasury Relief Art Project. It has since been painted over.
Date added: July 15, 2023; Modified: February 24, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School (formerly Santa Barbara Avenue Elementary School), which opened in 1914, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. According to the Los Angeles Historic Resources Inventory, Martin Luther… read more
Date added: July 11, 2023; Modified: February 24, 2024
James A. Foshay Learning Center (formerly Junior High School), which opened in 1925, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1934-35. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for… read more
Date added: August 3, 2008; Modified: February 24, 2024
Dorsey High School’s modernistic main building and auditorium were constructed to be earthquake-proof with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The central building features glass brick and two single-story wings. The auditorium is located to the south of the… read more
Date added: July 13, 2023; Modified: February 24, 2024
Alta Loma Elementary School, which opened in 1915, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for the rehabilitation of… read more
Date added: July 20, 2023; Modified: February 24, 2024
Sixth Avenue Elementary School, which opened in 1895, was rebuilt with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1934 and 1935. Both the main building and auditorium survive. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles… read more
Date added: July 22, 2013; Modified: February 20, 2024
The former Rincon Annex post office (now Rincon Center) has an extraordinary set of murals, 27 large panels along the upper wall of the lobby of the old post office. They tell the “History of California” from the Spanish conquest of… read more
Date added: December 23, 2014; Modified: February 13, 2024
The Vignes Street bridge is a large concrete viaduct carrying railroad traffic to Los Angeles’s Union Station. It was funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, i.e., Public Works Administration (PWA), during the Great Depression and completed in… read more
Date added: January 19, 2023; Modified: February 11, 2024
Grace Rivet Clements and Helen Lundeberg painted two 18′ by 33′ frescoes for Venice High School (Los Angeles, CA) in 1941: “History of Southern California” and “History of Early California.” The frescoes were funded by the WPA Federal Art Project… read more
Date added: February 21, 2010; Modified: February 11, 2024
The former Post Office in Venice, now privatized, contains a surreal, 10′ x 20′ mural, entitled “The Story of Venice,” was painted by Edward Biberman under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural was done with oil-wax emulsion… read more
Date added: June 16, 2013; Modified: February 10, 2024
Mar Vista elementary school was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935.