- City:
- Torrance, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Walker & Eisen
- Contractor:
- Petley & Matcham
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1936, Public Works Administration (PWA) helped to fund the Torrance City Hall (former). The former city hall cost $48,000 to build and was part of a larger Torrance Civic Center project. The Civic Center project also included a new library and auditorium building.
A much larger City Hall was built in the 1970s. Since then, the former city hall building has been repurposed and has housed a Home Savings, Time Warner Cable, and most recently, the Torrance Community Credit Union.
Although most of the original building remains, the original center seal, lamp posts, flower pots, flag pole, a decorative eagle sculpture are no longer.
Source notes
"Construction Activity Shown Brisk." Los Angeles Times, 26 April 1936, Page 70. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380274164/?terms=torrance%20civic%20center&match=2
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $48,000 |
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