Alhambra High School Gymnasium – Alhambra CA

City:
Alhambra, CA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Designer:
John Walker Smart

Contractor:
Steed Bros.

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

On October 14, 1938, the Daily Pacific Builder reported that a PWA contract of $63,840 had been awarded for the construction of a boys’ gym at Alhambra City High School. The plans had been prepared by architect John Walker Smart, and Steed Bros. won the construction contract.

Source notes

Daily Pacific Builder, Sep. 28 and Oct. 14, 1938.

Site originally submitted by Kristin Henderson on August 15, 2011.

Location Info


101 S Second St
Alhambra, CA 91801
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.0921, -118.1283

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One comment on “Alhambra High School Gymnasium – Alhambra CA

  1. Rudy Martinez

    Wow. John Walker Smart also designed many other notable buildings in or near Alhambra, the Phil Spector mansion( Pyreness Castle ) and in Winnipeg Canada as well. Here is a link to his entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects.
    https://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/2355

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One comment on “Alhambra High School Gymnasium – Alhambra CA

  1. Rudy Martinez

    Wow. John Walker Smart also designed many other notable buildings in or near Alhambra, the Phil Spector mansion( Pyreness Castle ) and in Winnipeg Canada as well. Here is a link to his entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects.
    https://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/2355

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