- City:
- Pasadena, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
1 of 27 schools in Pasadena CA that the New Deal was involved in rebuilding, demolishing, or reinforcing after the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
5 photos available at the Pasadena Museum of History depict the demolition of the school by the WPA and 1 photo depicting a PWA contractor starting excavation for the new structure.
Listed as “Project #1 B3 225”
“Garfield school demolition was started by February 1, 1935. The school building proper was practically demolished by March 5th, 1935. The ensuing time was occupied with the removal, sorting and salvaging of materials.
Average working force – 30 men”
1888 built as the California St. School
1890 Addition built and renamed James A. Garfield Elementary School
1906-07 Replaced with a new brick building
1933 Damaged by the 1933 earthquake
1935-36 Demolition by the WPA and a new school built by the PWA in an art deco Moderne style.
Recently torn down and a shopping mall built on the location.
Source notes
Pasadena Museum of History 1950 Pasadena school directorySite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 27, 2014.
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