{"nrhp_refnum":"95000389","name":"Sequoia Union High School","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1201 Brewster Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redwood City","county":"San Mateo County","state":"CA","lat":37.48386855900006,"lon":-122.2363523061502,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public high school campus district at 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, California, covering 34.516 acres with seven contributing resources. The Spanish Colonial Revival complex was designed in 1923 by San Francisco architects Carl Werner and Alfred I. Coffey on the grounds of a former estate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the campus is significant under criteria A, B and C for education, architecture and performing arts. It retains a high level of integrity from its 1923-1945 development, including Spanish Colonial Revival buildings, WPA-era work and landscape features from earlier estates. Otis M. Carrington is named as a significant person.","narrative":"Sequoia Union High School is a 34.5-acre public school campus in Redwood City, laid out in 1923 on the wooded grounds of a former estate once held by Horace Hawes, Moses Hopkins, William Dingee and Albert Pissis. San Francisco architects Carl Werner and Alfred Coffey designed the original two-story reinforced concrete school building, with its tower, and the adjoining auditorium in Spanish Colonial Revival style. Coffey added a wing, music building, cafeteria, girls gymnasium and shop in 1928-29, and Depression-era Works Progress Administration projects brought further repairs and additions, including a library and a 1941 pedestrian gate. Stucco walls, arcades, arched openings and cast cement ornament unify the buildings. The district includes seven contributing resources and four later noncontributing features. Despite replaced windows and altered roofing, the campus keeps strong integrity for the period 1923-1945. It was recognized for its contributions to education, architecture and the performing arts.","period_of_significance":"1923-1945","architect_builder":"Coffey, Alfred I. & Werner, Carl / Wilson, D.E.","architectural_style":"20th Century Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a high school (current function: education/high school); some windows replaced and tile roofing removed for seismic safety.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.417782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/95000389.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000389/0d357eb508-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000389/0d357eb508-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Eugene Zelenko","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Redwood_City-Sequoia_Union_High_School-3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Zelenko</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USA-Redwood_City-Sequoia_Union_High_School-3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_High_School_(Redwood_City,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7452544"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-mateo-county/sequoia-union-high-school-95000389/"}