{"nrhp_refnum":"05000772","name":"Corona High School","other_names":["Corona High School # 2","Corona Civic Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corona","county":"Riverside County","state":"CA","lat":33.87644882500007,"lon":-117.57565968399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building former high school campus at 815 West Sixth Street in Corona, Riverside County, California, built in 1923 with an east wing added in 1931. It now serves as the Corona Civic Center and City Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant for architecture, as a Spanish Colonial Revival/Mediterranean design by architect G. Stanley Wilson with distinctive carved escutcheons. It also cites social history, since the school served as the community's only high school from 1923 to 1961 and later became the seat of city government.","narrative":"Corona High School #2 is a group of three reinforced concrete buildings on West Sixth Street in Corona: the Main Building and Auditorium, the East Wing and Library, and the Domestic Science Building. The main building and Domestic Science Building opened in 1923 to designs by Riverside architect G. Stanley Wilson, and the East Wing followed in 1931. The Spanish Colonial Revival style appears in red clay tile roofs, arched windows, sculpted rafter tails, a recessed arcaded entry and a sunburst window. Fourteen cast escutcheons on the main building depict learning, natural sciences and fine arts, and a large carved coat of arms decorates the library wing. The campus served as the community's only high school from 1923 to 1961. Since 1962 it has housed city offices, council chambers and the parks department, with interior changes limited mostly to partition walls and dropped ceilings. The altered gymnasium was left out of the listed property.","period_of_significance":"1923-1955","architect_builder":"G. Stanley Wilson (architect); Cresmer Manufacturing Co. (builder of the main building and Domestic Science Building); G.C. Berner (builder of the 1931 east wing); Richard Sias (landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival (Mediterranean/Spanish Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In use as the Corona Civic Center and City Hall since 1962; the form notes some need for exterior maintenance and restoration, especially rafter tails, rain gutters and some windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.687723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/05000772.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000772/1fd1f552f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000772/1fd1f552f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mliedel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corona_High_School_-_Main.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mliedel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corona_High_School_-_Main.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860453","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5172130"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/riverside-county/corona-high-school-05000772/"}