PCAD - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Kerckhoff Hall, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

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

Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

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Just east of the Ackerman Student Union at the end of Westwood Boulevard;

Building History

While Allison and Allison were credited as architects of Kerckhoff Hall, George Kelham was credited as the "supervising architect." Kerckhoff Hall opened in 01/1931.

William Kerckhoff and George W. Kelham may have first met at a luncheon held in 1909, when both attended a banquet held by . CA Governor James N. Gillett to honor Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and other US Naval commanders on 05/07/1908. (See "Governor Gillett's Banquet to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf Attended by Many Officials," San Francisco Call, vol. CIII, no. 160, 05/08/1908.)

Alteration

The Los Angeles firm of Widom Wein Cohen, Architects, supervised the seismic upgrading of Kerckhoff Hall in the early 1990s.

PCAD id: 4293

Publications

"University of California at Los Angeles, Kerckhoff Hall, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA", Architectural Digest, 8: 2, 26-35, 1932-1933. "Quakeproofing landmarks: protecting historic buildings from earthquakes without destroying original features", Architecture, 81: 11, 119-123, 1992-11. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Kerckhoff Hall", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 117, 1994.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Kerckhoff Hall, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA (1931)

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