PCAD - California State Normal School, Vermont Avenue Campus, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Vermont Avenue and Brook Avenue
Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90029

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Overview

The second location of the California State Normal School was located on Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, CA; this complex became the first site of Los Angeles City College in 1929 after the Vermont Avenue Normal School moved to Westwood to become the University of California, Los Angeles. The Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects honored in Allison and Allison's campus design in 04/1920.

Building History

The Los Angeles architectural firm of Allison and Allison had been working on plans for buildings on the State Normal School Campus in Los Angeles, since at least 1913. A notice appeared in the American Architect and Building News that said: "Bids for erection of new group of buildings for the State Normal School on block bounded by Vermont Ave., Monroe St., Park and Willowbrook Aves will possibly be readvertised. Architects are Allison & Allison, Exchange Building." (See "Building News: California," American Architect and Building News, vol. CII, no. 1950, 05/07/1913, p. 8.)

PCAD id: 3463

Publications

"Building News: California", American Architect and Building News, CII: 1950, 8, 1913-05-07. "State Normal School, Los Angeles, Cal.", Architectural Forum, 26: 66-68, 04/1917. "State Normal School, Los Angeles", Los Angeles Times, part V: 1, 10/18/1914. "Present appearance of magnificent State Normal School", Los Angeles Times, Part V: 1, 2/15/1914. "State Normal School rapidly taking shape", Los Angeles Times, part VI: 1, "The bids for the Normal Group", Los Angeles Times, part VI: 1, 4/13/1913. "California State Normal School #2, Vermont Avenue Campus, Los Angeles notice", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 6, 8, 1/18/1918. "Local Chapter of AIA Honors Campus", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 11, col 2, 04/16/1920. "New Los Angeles state normal school plans", Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, 9-15, 2/7/1914. "California State Normal School #2, Los Angeles, plans 1914", Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, 9-15, 2/7/1914. "Plans for the Normal school buildings", Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, 16, col 3, 10/19/1912.

California State Normal School, Vermont Avenue Campus, Central Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (1912-1920)

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