The Torrance School, also known as Torrance High School Annex and originally as Torrance Elementary School, is 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, southwestern
Los Angeles County, California.
[, Nomination for the National Register of Historic Places, dated February 1983 . accessed 2.28.2016.]
History
In 1917 the
Torrance School Main Building opened, housing the elementary and high school.
[ In 1923 this Torrance Elementary School building opened on the southern side of the campus, and the original Torrance School Main Building was converted into a high school only.][ A new elementary school building was built off campus in 1963, and this one was annexed to the high school and renamed the Torrance High School Annex or Annex building.][
The building, built over 1923 to 1925, was designed in the Renaissance Revival style.][ It is connected to the rest of the campus by a long curving and center−pillared ]Modernist
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.
Torrance elementary schools were in the Los Angeles City School District
The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961.
History
The district was formed on May 2, 1870, with the same boundaries as the city of Los Angeles. In ...
until 1947, when they became a part of a new school district, renamed Torrance Unified School District
Torrance Unified School District (TUSD) is a school district in Los Angeles County, California, with its headquarters in Torrance.
The district board of education has a president, a vice president, a clerk, and two members. As of 2021, the D ...
in 1948. In 1947 the Los Angeles City School District removed the furniture from Torrance schools.[ - The article states " Los Angeles Unified School District" but the Los Angeles schools were not yet unified into a single school district]
as this happened in 1961
National Register of Historic Places
The building 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 School Annex building is one of four on the Torrance High School campus listed on the NRHP, the other buildings are:][
* Auditorium—Assembly Hall (1938)
* Home Economics Building (1923)
* Main Building (1917)
]
See also
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References
External links
Torrance Elementary School (current building)
Torrance High, 1923
School buildings completed in 1923
Torrance High, 1923
Torrance High, 1923
Torrance High School 1917
Torrance High, 1923
Public elementary schools in California
Torrance High School
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