- City:
- San Jose, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auditoriums and Arenas
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Marked:
- No
Description
“The building has an area of 50,000 square feet and consists of the auditorium which seats 3,500, a small theater seating 597, a meeting hall seating 499, 2 exhibition halls, 5 committee rooms, quarters for the chamber of commerce, and the necessary service rooms. The auditorium has a large and well-equipped stage. The project was completed in April 1936 at a construction cost of $422,628 and a project cost of $530,515.” (Short and Stanley-Brown)
“A building which might house anything from an opera to a circus, a basketball or tennis game to a great convention, or art exhibits and flower shows” (The Architect and Engineer. May 1936).
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. The Architect and Engineer. May 1936.Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $530,515.00 |
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Gabriel Milner
Please, do you have a stage and room pictures of the “small theater seating 597.” Thank you. Daniel Richard from Paris, France.
Does anyone out there have photos?
Good to know that the civic auditorium has a lot of history behind it. I live here in San Jose and I always pass by this auditorium every couple of days and this is the only time I got to read about it. I’ll be sure to drop by next week to check it out.