The Auditorium, also known as the Assembly Hall, is a PWA Moderne style building located on the campus of

Torrance High School Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the four high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Four ...

in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California. When built in 1924 the building was a source of pride for Torrance, and was its first large meeting hall, preceding construction of a civic center. It was damaged in the

1933 Long Beach earthquake The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 , and a ...

and was rebuilt as a New Deal project. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1983. The Torrance High School Campus Thematic Resources study states that the auditorium is an outstanding example of PWA Moderne work. With . The Auditorium is one of four buildings on the campus of the Torrance High School listed on the NRHP, the other buildings are: * Torrance School * Main Building * Home Economics Building

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1938 establishments in California School buildings completed in 1938

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