{"nrhp_refnum":"94000924","name":"Sacramento Junior College Annex and Extensions","other_names":["Sacramento City College Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3835 Freeport Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.541461517000045,"lon":-121.48965481977697,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of PWA-funded college buildings on the Sacramento City College campus at 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, California. It covers about 11 acres and holds the Annex and Extensions buildings designed by Harry J. Devine Sr. in the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are a cohesive, unusual group of Public Works Administration projects in PWA Moderne style mixed with revival elements, built in monolithic reinforced concrete softened by brick. They are tied to the New Deal's public works response to the Depression and to the college's growth. The district is recognized under Criteria A and C for architecture, politics/government and social history.","narrative":"Six New Deal-era buildings on the Sacramento City College campus form a historic district of about 11 acres, designed by Sacramento architect Harry J. Devine Sr. with Public Works Administration grants. Three buildings make up the Annex: the Library and Classrooms, the Gymnasium and the Fine Arts Building, now the Auditorium. They were built around a quadrangle once partly framed by 1920s Romanesque Revival buildings, since razed. The Extensions followed about two years later and include the Engineering Technology Building and the Aeronautical Addition. The buildings share PWA Moderne styling, with reinforced concrete softened by brick, plus Mayan, Zigzag and arcade details. The Library has Mayan-style terra cotta panels and a stylized column, and the Auditorium lobby holds a restored Ralph Stackpole mural of 1930s Sacramento occupations. Despite window replacements and additions, the group keeps its overall integrity. It was listed for architecture and for its ties to government relief work and social history in the late 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1936-39","architect_builder":"Devine, Harry J. Sr.","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Moderne (also Art Deco, Zigzag Moderne, Mayan revival, Romanesque Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Buildings remain in educational use as a college; the Home Economics Building has been demolished and replaced, and the Cafeteria lost integrity with a 1963 addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:28.307656-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/94000924.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000924/95bf199ddb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000924/95bf199ddb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Walter Smalling, HABS photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramento_Junior_College_Library_(Sacramento,_CA).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Smalling, HABS photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacramento_Junior_College_Library_(Sacramento,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860658","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141641946"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/sacramento-junior-college-annex-and-extensions-94000924/"}