- City:
- Santa Monica, CA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designer:
- H. L. Gogerty
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) renovated Franklin Elementary School in Santa Monica, CA, after it was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Improvements included the construction of two Streamline Moderne–style buildings for $63,072 in WPA funds as well as tennis courts.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration
Donald H. Connolly and G. I. Farman, Report of Accomplishment of the Operations Division, Works Progress Administration, Southern California, Jan. 1, 1939.
Roxanne Tanemori, Draft Historic Resource Inventory Update Historic Context Statement (Memorandum to the Honorable Landmarks Commission), Feb. 10, 2017.
Site originally submitted by Shaina Potts on June 23, 2010.
Site Details
| Federal Cost |
|---|
| $63,072 |
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