Auditorium (Torrance High School)


Auditorium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	2200 W. Carson, Torrance, California
Coordinates	33°49′48″N 118°19′11″W / 33.83000°N 118.31972°W / 33.83000; -118.31972
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1938
Architect	Abraham Wesley Eager
Architectural style	PWA Moderne
MPS	Torrance High School Campus TR
NRHP reference No.	83003499^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 13, 1983

The Auditorium, also known as the Assembly Hall, is a PWA Moderne style building located on the campus of Torrance High School in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California.

When built in 1924 the building was a source of pride for Torrance, and was its first large meeting hall, preceding construction of a civic center.^[2] It was damaged in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and was rebuilt as a New Deal project.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

The Torrance High School Campus Thematic Resources study states that the auditorium is an outstanding example of PWA Moderne work.^[4]

The Auditorium is one of four buildings on the campus of the Torrance High School listed on the NRHP, the other buildings are:

References

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Sam Gnerre (December 29, 2011). "Torrance High School auditorium". Daily Breeze.
^ "TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM – TORRANCE CA". The Living New Deal.
^ Don Fulton; Carolyne Campbell; Holly Hamlin; Roger Hatheway; Elinor Aurthur; Neil Stanton Palmer (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Torrance High School Campus Thematic Resources". National Park Service. Retrieved November 22, 2016. With six photos from 1983.

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