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Location: Monterey County Courthouse - Salinas CA

Monterey County Courthouse – Salinas CA

Monterey County Courthouse Pillars

In 1937, the New Deal funds, along with money from a local bond issue combined to cover the cost of constructing the building around an existing 57-year-old Victorian style courthouse. Robert Stanton was the architect and Jo Mora did the… read more

Project type: Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Monterey County Courthouse Faces of California Bas Relief – Salinas CA

Jo Mora produced twenty three different cast-concrete portraits (approximately 12″ x 18″ in size) for the Monterey County Courthouse, including a Spanish woman, an Asian woman, an Indian man and woman, John Fremont, Junipero Serra, and various pioneers.  

Project type: Art, Sculpture and Bas Relief
New Deal Agencies: Federal Art Project (FAP)

Monterey County Courthouse Monterey County Scenes Bas Relief – Salinas CA

Jo Mora created five concrete scenes for the Monterey County Courthouse as well as a symbolic figure over the front entrance with FAP funds.  

Project type: Art, Sculpture and Bas Relief
New Deal Agencies: Federal Art Project (FAP)

Monterey County Courthouse Decorative Plaques Bas Relief – Salinas CA

With the help of FAP funds, Jo Mora completed a number of decorative bas relief plaques for the Monterey County Courthouse.

Project type: Art, Sculpture and Bas Relief
New Deal Agencies: Federal Art Project (FAP)

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