File:EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE VIEW, FACING SOUTHWEST - Beverly Vista School, Administration Building, 200 South Elm Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA HABS CAL,19-BEVHI,3A-3.tif

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EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE VIEW, FACING SOUTHWEST - Beverly Vista School, Administration Building, 200 South Elm Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA
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Catton, Francis J
Positive Image Photographic Services, contractor
PCR Services Corporation, contractor
Maul, David, transmitter
Olmos, Tavo, photographer
Ostashay, Janet, historian
Heumann, Leslie, historian
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EXTERIOR, EAST SIDE VIEW, FACING SOUTHWEST - Beverly Vista School, Administration Building, 200 South Elm Drive, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, CA
Depicted place California; Los Angeles County; Beverly Hills
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS CAL,19-BEVHI,3A-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: At Beverly Vista, the Administration Building (Building A) is a fine example of public school design. The first building to be erected on campus, Building A, was designed by architect Francis J. Catton in the Italian Romanesque Revival style. Incorporating the distinguishing characteristics of this architectural idiom such as brick exterior walls, a tiled roof, an extensive and unifying use of arches as a decorative motif, and a tower which is reminiscent of ecclesiastical Romanesque precedents. The use of the Romanesque Revival style also represents a distinctly traditional choice of architectural imagery. While all of the other schools in the Beverly Hills Unified School District showcase the Spanish style, that eventually became integral to the mythology of southern California, Beverly Vista suggests a more urban approach to school design. Built in 1924, Building A is the oldest extant public school building constructed by the District in Beverly Hills.
  • Survey number: HABS CA-2704-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca2631.photos.376060p
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Object location34° 04′ 25″ N, 118° 23′ 57.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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