Inglewood High School – Fine Arts Building – Inglewood CA

City:
Inglewood, CA

Site Type:
Education and Health, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA)

Description

The fine arts building was reconstructed in 1936, including: removing brickwork to make the building more earthquake safe, installing new columns and beams to carry vertical loads, building a new fireproof starway, rearranging windows to bring in more light, updating the heating system.

Most of the construction was done by CWA and SERA labor.

Source notes

The Architect and Engineer. May 1936.

Location Info


231 S Grevillea Ave
Inglewood, CA Los Angeles County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 33.961279, -118.35501

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