Beverly Hills High School Swim Gym – Beverly Hills CA

City:
Beverly Hills, CA

Site Type:
Gymnasiums, Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1939

Designer:
Stiles O. Clements

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

While the main buildings of Beverly Hills High School date to 1927, the unique “Swim Gym” was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939. Designed by Stiles O. Clements, the gym features a basketball court that can be opened to access a 25-yard swimming pool below. It has appeared in films such as It’s a Wonderful Life and Clueless.

 

Source notes

Beverly Hills High School, Wikipedia

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on July 11, 2010.

Location Info


241 Moreno Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.0614, -118.4105

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One comment on “Beverly Hills High School Swim Gym – Beverly Hills CA

  1. Steven Herbert

    The Swim-Gym and Konheim Athletic Building are separate buildings. As a Beverly Hills High School alumnus I suggest you provide more proof that the Konheim Athletic Building is a New Deal project.

    What you called a side photo of the Beverly Hills High School gym is another building of classrooms.

    Here is a 1991 Los Angeles Times story I wrote about “It’s a Wonderful Life” mentioning the Swim-Gym, https://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-15/news/tv-556_1_wonderful-life

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  1. Steven Herbert

    The Swim-Gym and Konheim Athletic Building are separate buildings. As a Beverly Hills High School alumnus I suggest you provide more proof that the Konheim Athletic Building is a New Deal project.

    What you called a side photo of the Beverly Hills High School gym is another building of classrooms.

    Here is a 1991 Los Angeles Times story I wrote about “It’s a Wonderful Life” mentioning the Swim-Gym, https://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-15/news/tv-556_1_wonderful-life

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