Resource Description

Resource Summary

Names
Palms Elementary School (Primary)
Palms School (Alternative)
Resource Types
District
Important Dates
No dates recorded
Keywords (Subjects)
1930s
1920s
Palms School
Los Angeles Unified School District
Spanish Colonial Revival

Location Information

Addresses
Location Description
No descriptions recorded
Administrative Areas
Palms - Mar Vista - Del Rey Community Plan Area (Community Plan Area)
Los Angeles City Council District 5 (Council District)
PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (Neighborhood Council)
PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD (Neighborhood)

Classification

Classification
Type: Institutional District
Related Features
No features recorded

Resource Descriptions

General Description
Elementary school campus consisting of three separate buildings on one parcel, all designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style around a central courtyard.

Summary of Significance
Excellent example of an LAUSD elementary school campus representing the post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake period of school construction. Established on this site in 1925 as "Palms School." Buildings were severly damaged in the earthquake and substantially rebuilt or remodeled in 1935.

External System References

SurveyLA ID: e7ae79c3-5cfb-403c-ae9e-57cca52428f2

Resource Significance

Evaluation Details

Date Evaluated
2012-02-13
Context/Theme
Public and Private Institutional Development, 1850-1980
Education, 1876-1980
Public Schools and the LAUSD, 1876-1980
Post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake, 1933-1945
Institutional - Education
Campus - Elementary School
Eligibility Standards
  • Retains most of the essential character-defining features from the period of significance
  • Embodies LAUSD school planning and design concepts of the period
  • May include one or more buildings built during the period of significance
  • May have been funded by the WPA from 1935 to 1943
  • Generally features a two-story rectangular-shaped main administration building with separate additional buildings for cafeterias, auditoriums, gymnasiums, and classrooms
  • Buildings designed in the popular styles of the day but particularly Art Deco, PWA Moderne, Streamline Moderne, and Spanish Colonial Revival
  • Some materials may have been removed or altered
  • Should retain integrity of Materials, Design, Workmanship, Feeling, and Association from its period of significance
  • Modern lighting and fencing of site acceptable
  • Intact campus groupings from a single period of time are not common
  • Eligible properties under this theme may be a single building (generally the Administration Building) or a grouping (campus) of buildings constructed during the period of significance
  • Many pre-1933 schools were substantially remodeled following the Long Beach earthquake
  • Was constructed during the period of significance
  • Schools from this period generally include buildings constructed after the period of significance and particularly after WWII which may be non-contributing
    • Integrity Aspects
    Location
    Design
    Setting
    Materials
    Workmanship
    Retains sufficient integrity to convey significance
    Association
    Feeling
    California Historic Resources Status Codes (explanation of codes)
    3S
    3CS
    5S3
    Significance Statement
    Excellent example of an LAUSD elementary school campus representing the post-1933 Long Beach Earthquake period of school construction.
    Periods of Significance
    From: 1935-01-01

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    Related Historic Districts

    None

    Related Activities

    None

    Related Historic Events

    None

    Related People/Organizations

    Historic Resources Group (Surveying Firm, was surveyed by / surveyed)

    Related Information Resources

    Images
    Documents
    SurveyLA: Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey Historic Resources Survey Report (Document/Text, is referred to in / refers to)

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