{"nrhp_refnum":"02001725","name":"Villa Park School","other_names":["Mountain View School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10551 Center Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Villa Park","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.80827474000006,"lon":-117.81443218299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Villa Park School is a pair of one-story stucco school buildings with clay tile roofs at 10551 Center Drive in Villa Park, Orange County, California. The larger upper-grade building dates from 1919 and the smaller primary classroom from 1924.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an outstanding example of Beaux Arts Classicism blended with Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean Revival elements, which suits its rural setting. The two buildings are described as the oldest public buildings in Villa Park and the only remaining public building there built before 1947. The building also reflects the community's ambitions in the 1920s.","narrative":"Villa Park School consists of two historic school buildings on the campus of Villa Park Elementary School in Orange County, California. The larger upper-grade building was designed by Los Angeles architects H. Alfred Anderson and Richard C. Farrell and built in 1919 by John Simpson and Company. A smaller primary classroom followed in 1924. A fire in February 1926 destroyed much of the main building, which was rebuilt on its original foundation with a small library added. Its symmetrical facade has a portico with four Ionic columns, pilasters with cartouches bearing the initials VP, and the name of the school carved in the frieze. Spanish clay tile roofs, a bell tower and a horizontal profile add Mediterranean touches. The buildings are the oldest public buildings in Villa Park and the only public building remaining from before 1947. Later classrooms and an auditorium have left them partly hidden from the street. They were listed for their architecture.","period_of_significance":"1924-1926","architect_builder":"Anderson, H. Alfred & Farrell, Richard C., Architects; Simpson, John & Company, Builders","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Beaux Arts Classicism with Spanish Colonial/Mediterranean Revival elements)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still part of a working elementary school campus; the form describes planned restoration and removal of later interior alterations, with some windows broken or boarded up.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.82978-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/02001725.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860362","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/villa-park-school-02001725/"}