San Diego County Administration Center
Description
“In December 1926, the [San Diego] Board of Supervisors passed a resolution declaring ‘the necessity for the erection of a public building’ for both the City and the County. As a result, three countywide votes were taken to approve the tidelands site for construction of the Civic Center, but three countywide bond votes to secure the necessary funding were defeated. In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt authorized $1 million to be granted from the Works Progress Administration to construct the Civic Center after a personal tour of the site….
“Four San Diego architects, William Templeton Johnson, Richard S. Requa, Louis J. Gill, and Samuel Hamill, oversaw and prepared the plans for the Civic Center. After the official groundbreaking for the Civic Center on December 5, 1935, actual construction began on January 4, 1936. The Civic Center was officially dedicated on July 16, 1938 by President Roosevelt, five months prior to actual completion of the building, which was celebrated by opening ceremonies on December 23, 1938.”
(sandiegocounty.gov)
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“Superseded by 13472-C and 13473-C”
"The Present City Hall - San Diego Calif."
"Superseded by 13472-C and 13473-C"
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“San Diego City-County Administration & Civic Center Building. Exterior of Bldg. as completed under contract finished Jan. 10, 1938. Much of work done by WPA labor.”
San Diego City-County Administration & Civic Center
"San Diego City-County Administration & Civic Center Building. Exterior of Bldg. as completed under contract finished Jan. 10, 1938. Much of work done by WPA labor."
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“San Diego City-County Building – Detail of East Main entrance at the completion of the contract – Photo taken Jan. 10, 1938.”
San Diego City-County Building
"San Diego City-County Building - Detail of East Main entrance at the completion of the contract - Photo taken Jan. 10, 1938."
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“Built in 1890 when the city population was less than 20,000. Superceded by 13473-C and 13472-C”
County Court House
"Built in 1890 when the city population was less than 20,000. Superceded by 13473-C and 13472-C"
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San Diego City and County Administration Building
Project Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost | Project #'s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000000 |
Source notes
https://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cob/cacs/index.html Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/cob/cacs/, accessed November 21, 2014.
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