{"nrhp_refnum":"83003536","name":"Home Economics Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2200 W. Carson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Torrance","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.83120938400003,"lon":-118.32191530199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cast-in-place concrete school building in Mediterranean styling with classical detailing, on the Torrance High School campus in Torrance, California. It was built in 1923 and stands northwest of the original Main Building.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as one of the few early structures remaining on the Torrance High School campus. It was added in a 1922 construction program as the school expanded to serve a growing population of factory workers' families. It stayed intact after a 1933 earthquake that destroyed the companion auditorium. The reviewer's comments note that it reflects adherence to a stylistic program and the growth of the community and its educational services.","narrative":"Built in 1923, the Home Economics Building is a two-story cast-in-place concrete structure on the Torrance High School campus. Designed by the architects Farrell and Miller in a Mediterranean style with classical detailing, it has bold rectilinear massing, white-painted walls and a steeply pitched hip roof of red Spanish clay tiles. The northeast entrance has a seven-step staircase and a shallow Tuscan portico. A semi-circular colonnade connects it to the Main Building. It was part of a $200,000 building program begun in 1922, when a campaign to build 3,000 homes for factory workers promised many more students. A companion auditorium and its colonnade were demolished after a 1933 earthquake, but this building and its colonnade came through unaffected. Later changes include sun-control louvers, solar glass openings and a fire-code stair, all described as reversible. It is among the few early structures left on the campus.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Farrell and Miller","architectural_style":"Mediterranean styling with classical detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is given as excellent and altered, on its original site. Alterations include sun control louvers, solar glass doors and windows, and an added exit and steel staircase, which the form calls reversible.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.384544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/83003536.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003536/933ecc12c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003536/933ecc12c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Original uploader was Alton at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THS_HomeEc.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Original uploader was Alton at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:THS_HomeEc.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857486","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Economics_Building_(Torrance_High_School)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14682315"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/home-economics-building-83003536/"}