{"nrhp_refnum":"89001048","name":"Campbell Union High School Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 W. Campbell Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Campbell","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.28776000000005,"lon":-121.95169999999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-building district of Spanish Colonial Revival school buildings at 1 West Campbell Avenue in Campbell, California, built 1936-38 as the original Campbell Union High School complex on a 3.5-acre site.","why_significant":"The buildings are significant under Criteria A and C as the original high school complex, which served as Campbell's only high school for over 25 years. They are also good examples of Spanish Colonial Revival design by architect William H. Weeks, known for school and library architecture, and his son Harold. Local significance is noted, including hand-painted tiles by the Solon and Larkin Company.","narrative":"Three school buildings at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Winchester Boulevard in Campbell make up the original Campbell Union High School complex, built between 1936 and 1938 with Works Progress Administration funds. The Academic Classroom Building, Administration Building and Auditorium are wood-frame structures with stucco walls, terra cotta tile roofs and hand-painted ceramic tile bands made by the Solon and Larkin Company of San Jose. They were designed by William H. Weeks and his son Harold, a firm known for school architecture across California. William Weeks died in 1936, and Harold completed the work. The complex served as Campbell's only high school for more than 25 years after World War II, until it closed in 1980 because of falling enrollment. Later additions on the site have been altered and are not part of the district. The buildings are now leased for community college use and remain a visible local landmark of Spanish Colonial Revival institutional design.","period_of_significance":"1936-38","architect_builder":"Weeks, William H. (Academic Classroom); Weeks, Harold H. and William H.","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Presently leased for use as a community college; the high school closed in 1980 due to declining enrollment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.12104-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/89001048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001048/b5eebf0c5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001048/b5eebf0c5b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Flickr user roarofthefour","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_High_School01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr user roarofthefour</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_High_School01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_High_School_(California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5028085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/campbell-union-high-school-historic-district-89001048/"}