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Building History

Notable for its curved corners, windows bands, and residual Art Deco features, Kaufmann introduced an up-to-date Streamlined Moderne aesthetic for the San Pedro High School, a large complex consisting of four buildings: Administration (containing most general classrooms), Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Auditorium, and Physical Education. Kaufmann planned the school with functionally-separate buildings to create a collegiate atmosphere. In his design, he set aside two areas for classroom growth, one directly south of the Home Economics Building (forming a quadrangle), and one adjacent to the Auditorium just to its east. San Pedro High School was designed to serve 1900 students, with two classroom plans built to accommodate between 30-35 students. Kaufmann designed the whole complex to be built of reinforced concrete, a seismically-resistant material. This high school's construction followed the devastating Long Beach Earthquake by two years, and its structure of steel frame and reinforced concrete was a direct result of it. Kaufmann had finished the plan by 04/27/1935, and the cornerstone was laid on 05/06/1935. Total cost of the high school was estimated at $1 million.

Building Notes

The 1933 Long Beach Earthquake caused significant damage the first San Pedro High School #1, necessitating its condemnation and demolition. A grand remnant of the first high school, the Victory Arch, a Neo-classical doorway topped by an eagle, remains on the second high school's grounds.

A new sports complex was dedicated 10/13/2000.

PCAD id: 6543