• George Washington High School - San Francisco CA
    George Washington High School in San Francisco was built with the help of Public Works Administration (PWA) funding. It was completed in 1937.   "This building was constructed to reduce overcrowded conditions in other senior high schools. It has 39 classrooms, boys' and girls' gymnasiums, a large auditorium with stage, a small music hall with platform and sloping floor, numerous special service rooms for sewing, cooking, bookkeeping, and other subjects." (Short and Stanley-Brown, p 240) The high school was part of a larger funding 'docket' from the PWA covering 12 elementary and high-school buildings in San Francisco.  The construction cost of Washington...
  • George Washington High School Auditorium and Athletic Field - San Francisco CA
    Auditorium: 1,850 seats including balcony. Concrete, terra cotta trim. Choral room, band practice room, instrument storage. Athletic field: football field, track, ROTC drill area (boys); basketball, tennis courts, volleyball (girls).