Fremont High School - Oakland CA
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
Contractors: Carl N Swenson Company
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
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Site Survival: No Longer Extant
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Description
Oakland’s Fremont High School was destroyed by arson in 1930 and rebuilt in 1931. A new gymnasium for the school was financed with a 45% Public Works Administration (PWA) grant in 1938 and completed in 1939. The total cost was $192,000.
The 1939 gym was built in a rather stern Moderne style. It had collapsable bleachers so that it could serve both for sporting events and as an auditorium. Carl N. Swenson Company was the builder.
No trace of the old gym remains, as Fremont High is undergoing a complete renovation in 2020.
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Newly-built gymnasium at Fremont High School, 1939 - Oakland CA
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Last remaining structure from old Fremont High School - Oakland CA
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Construction sign, Fremont High School - Oakland CA
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PWA record for work at Fremont High School - Oakland CA
Source notes
"Ground broken for new gym," Oakland Tribune, November 29, 1938.
"Fremont gym to be dedicated," Oakland Tribune, October 13, 1939, p. 40.
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