- City:
- Torrance, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal & Military Operations, Treasury Department
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1935
- Contractor:
- Harold Hansen
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The U.S. The Treasury Department funded the construction of the Torrance Post Office on Marcelina Ave. Congress allotted $63,800 for the project and construction started in February of 1935. The post office was completed later that year.
“The building was part of an eight-building Works Progress Administration project built in the mid-1930s that included the post office, a civic auditorium, City Hall and library. The entire project was heralded around the country as an example of a new and wonderful civic center. The style of architecture is called [PWA] moderne and the post office is the only building still being used as it was originally intended to be.”
– https://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_13635507 (broken link)
Source notes
Gnerre, Sam. "The Early Years of the Torrance Post Office." The Daily Breeze, 10 Oct. 2015, https://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2015/10/10/the-early-years-of-the-torrance-post-office/.
"$63,000 Allotted for Torrance Post Office." News-Pilot, San Pedro California, 13 Nov. 1933. Page 5.
"New Torrance Post Office." News-Pilot, San Pedro California, 29 May 1935. Page 3.
https://www.dailybreeze.com/opinions/ci_13635507 (broken link)
Site Details
Federal Cost |
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$63,800 |
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