- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
‘This institution covers an area of approximately nine city blocks. The life-science building, the chemistry building, and the library are included in this project. The life-science building contains on two floors: two zoology, one anatomy, one biology, one botany, and one physiology laboratory; two lecture rooms, two classrooms, two workrooms, a dark room, and offices, stockrooms and storerooms.
The construction, of concrete, is fireproof and designed to resist earthquakes. It was completed in May 1938 at an estimated construction cost of $108,667 and a project cost of $119,845.’
Source notes
Short, C. W. and R. Stanley-Brown (1939) Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933 to 1939. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.Site Details
Total Cost |
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$119,845.00 |
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Prior to housing the LACC campus, this site was both the second campus of the Los Angeles State Normal School and the first campus of the University of California at Los Angeles.