Jordan High School Gymnasium – Los Angeles CA

City:: Los Angeles, CA
Site Type:: Gymnasiums, Education and Health
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Completed:: 1937
Quality of Information:: Good
Marked:: Unknown
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a girl’s gymnasium at Jordan High School (formerly David Starr Jordan High School) in Los Angeles, CA.

The gymnasium, completed in 1937, was one of two structures on Jordan High School’s campus built by the PWA. The other was a loggia, built in 1935, connecting the Administration Building to the North Annex.

Jordan High School’s five original buildings, the Los Angeles Conservancy writes, were also retrofitted and renovated “with a unifying PWA Moderne style.”

The PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District in January 1934 for the rehabilitation of schools damaged in the severe 1933 Long Beach earthquake. One hundred and thirty schools would benefit from the system-wide loan and grant, with 2,500 men to be employed in rehabilitation work over 21 months.

Source notes

Los Angeles Conservancy, "Jordan High School"

Site originally submitted by Natalie McDonald on February 11, 2023.

Location Info

2265 E 103rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90002

Coordinates: 33.9447, -118.2308

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