Resource Report

Historic Resource Summary

Names
Bret Harte Jr. High School Auditorium (Primary)
Bret Harte Jr. High School Auditorium (Historic)
780 W 92ND ST (Alternative)
Important Dates
1929-01-01 (Built Date)
Images
Bret Harte Jr. High School Auditorium - PHOTO
Resource Types
Building
Architect
Krempel & Erkes
Builder
Owner

Location Information

Addresses
780 W 92ND ST Primary
771 W 95TH ST Alternative
9301 S HOOVER ST Alternative
Location Description
No descriptions recorded
Administrative Areas
South Los Angeles Community Plan Area (Community Plan Area)
Los Angeles City Council District 8 (Council District)
EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS SOUTHEAST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (Neighborhood Council)
VERMONT VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD (Neighborhood)

Resource Description

Classification
Type: Institutional-Education, Middle School   Use: Historic     Style: Renaissance Revival    
Type: California OHP Resource Attribute - HP15. Educational building          
Features
No components recorded

Narrative Description

No description available
Alterations
No major alterations

Resource Significance

Evaluation Details

Date Evaluated
2011-03-22
Context/Theme
Architecture and Engineering, 1850-1980
Mediterranean and Indigenous Revival Architecture, 1887-1952
Renaissance Revival, 1895-1935
Other
Eligibility Standards
  • Use of quoins to mark corners of building or building wings, or as window or door surrounds
  • Clay tile roof or roof trim
  • Emphasis on lower story, through taller height, use of stringcourse between stories, architectural detailing
  • Entry treated as focal point
  • Tendency towards symmetrical massing and composition
  • Exemplifies the character-defining features of the Renaissance Revival style
  • Use of Renaissance Revival features (e.g., pediments, voussoirs, engaged columns, Palladian or arched windows and doors)
  • Stucco exteriors, sometimes with lower story given a rusticated appearance; brick exteriors were occasionally used
    • Integrity Aspects
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Association
    Feeling
    Workmanship
    Materials
    Design
    Location
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    5S3
    3CS
    3S
    Significance Statement
    Excellent example of the Renaissance Revival style applied to an educational property type, in this case a middle school auditorium. The rest of the campus has been significantly altered through subsequent building campaigns; this appears to be the only eligible building on the campus.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1929-01-01
    Date Evaluated
    2012-03-03
    Context/Theme
    Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980
    Education, 1876-1980
    Public Schools and the LAUSD, 1876-1980
    Pre-1933 Long Beach Earthquake, 1912-1933
    Institutional - Education
    Middle School
    Eligibility Standards
  • Buildings designed in the popular styles of the day but particularly Art Deco, PWA Moderne, Streamline Moderne, and Spanish Colonial Revival
  • Retains most of the essential character-defining features from the period of significance
  • Retains most of the essential physical features from the period of significance
  • Was constructed during the period of significance
  • May have been designed by a prominent architect of the period
  • Is one of the few remaining schools from the pre-1933 Long Beach earthquake (not substantially altered or remodeled)
    • Integrity Aspects
    Location
    Association
    Materials
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Design
    Workmanship
    Feeling
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    3CS
    5S3
    3S
    Significance Statement
    Excellent and rare, intact example of a pre-1933 earthquake Los Angeles Unified School District school building. The rest of the campus has been significantly altered through subsequent building campaigns; this appears to be the only eligible building on the campus.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1929-01-01

    External References

    External System References

    SurveyLA ID: 72dab2f9-5feb-490c-9e60-c0781fc20a2e
    Property Identification Number: 094-5A199 193
    Property Identification Number: 094-5A199 193
    Property Identification Number: 094-5A199 193
    House ID: 421739

    Related Resources

    Related Historic Resources

    None

    Related Historic Districts

    None

    Related Activities

    SurveyLA - South Los Angeles Survey (was assessed in / assessed)

    Related Historic Events

    None

    Related People/Organizations

    Architectural Resources Group (Surveying Firm, was surveyed by / surveyed)
    Krempel & Erkes (Architecture/Design Firm or Partnership, was designed by /designed)

    Related Information Resources

    Images
    Documents
    SurveyLA: South Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey Report (Document/Text, is referred to in / refers to)

    SurveyLA

    SurveyLA is the first comprehensive program to identify significant historic resources throughout the City of Los Angeles, and is scheduled to be completed in 2017. HistoricPlacesLA includes SurveyLA data published to date. Find out more about SurveyLA at: http://www.preservation.lacity.org/survey

    Office of Historic Resources

    Office of Historic Resources
    Department of City Planning
    221 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1350
    Los Angeles, CA 90012
    (213) 847-3676 phone
    Email: planning.historicplacesla@lacity.org
    http://www.preservation.lacity.org
    HistoricPlacesLA is powered by Arches (v3.1), an open-source, web-based, geospatial information system for cultural heritage inventory and management.