State of California - The Resources Agency DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
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*NRHP Status Code
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*Resource Name or #:
B1. Historic Name:
3S
322 S Ave 18
Hayes Street School; Nineteenth Avenue School
B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use:
Albion Street School
B4. Present Use:
School
*B5. Architectural Style: *B6. Construction History:
School
Moderne (Construction date, alterations, and data of alterations)
Year constructed: 1937
X
*B7. Moved?
No
Yes
Unknown
Date:
Original Location:
*B8. Related Features:
Ancillary buildings; paved playground
B9a. Architect:
b. Builder:
unknown
*B10. Significance:
Area: Los Angeles
Period of Significance:
1937
Theme:
unknown
Post-1933 Earthquake LAUSD Schools
Property Type:
School
Applicable Criteria:
A/1/1
(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.)
This property appears eligible for the National and California Registers and for designation as an HCM under Criterion A/1/1 because it significantly represents the public response to early earthquake awareness within the LAUSD school system. .Albion Street School is an excellent example of an elementary school built after the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake, a period in which the widespread quake-caused destruction of unreinforced schools led to the development of stricter standards for school construction. This pressure to rebuild schools coupled with the infusion of federal funding from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) produced an extensive collection of Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, and PWA Moderne schools in the Los Angeles Basin. Albion Street School has retained several key buildings from the 1937 Moderne-styled campus. Located in the Chavez Tract and known as Hayes Street School until 1903 and then Nineteenth Avenue School (to accompany a change in street names) until...(continued on next page)
B11. Additional Resource Attributes:
(List attributes and codes)
HP15
*B12. References:
Sanborn Maps, LA Times Database
(Sketch Map with north arrow required.)
B13. Remarks:
*B14. Evaluator: *Date of Evaluation:
Kathryn McGee 05/25/2011
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DPR 523B (1/95)
*Required Information