{"nrhp_refnum":"11000938","name":"Auburn Grammar School","other_names":["Auburn Civic Center","Auburn City Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1225 Lincoln Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Placer County","state":"CA","lat":38.89759066100004,"lon":-121.07444117099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story terra cotta brick school building with a full basement at 1225 Lincoln Way in Auburn, Placer County, California, built in 1915 and designed by architect William H. Weeks. It is now used as Auburn city offices and council chambers.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is one of the best examples of Beaux Arts architecture in Auburn under Criterion C. It was designed by William H. Weeks, a San Francisco architect noted for school design. It also used earthquake-resistant reinforcement and modern features for its time.","narrative":"Completed in 1915 on Lincoln Way in Auburn, this former grammar school is a two-story building with a full basement, faced in terra cotta brick made by Gladding McBean of Lincoln, California. Its north entrance is framed by pilasters, a denticulated entablature, a crowned cartouche and terra cotta figures of a boy and a girl. William H. Weeks, a San Francisco architect known for school design, drew the plans, and George S. Hayes built it. The structure used steel reinforcement for earthquake safety and included an auditorium, dining facilities, oil heat and ventilators. It replaced an earlier wooden Italianate school after concerns about fire safety and overcrowding. After being judged unsafe for students under the Field Act, it became school district offices and was restored as city offices in 1990. The original stage and balcony survive in the auditorium, now the council chambers. It is listed for its Beaux Arts design and its connection to Weeks.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Weeks, William H.-architect; Hayes, George S.- contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts, Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored and converted to city offices in 1990; the former auditorium serves as city council chambers and one second-story classroom is kept with period furnishings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.406196-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/11000938.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000938/273058fbcc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000938/273058fbcc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"liannadavis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auburn_Grammar_School_2012-09-16_17-15-04.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">liannadavis</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:Auburn_Grammar_School_2012-09-16_17-15-04.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"70000138","name":"Old Auburn Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/old-auburn-historic-district-70000138/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857716","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133413208"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/placer-county/auburn-grammar-school-11000938/"}