{"nrhp_refnum":"99001566","name":"Tulare Union High School Auditorium and Administration Building","other_names":["Tulare Joint Union High School Auditorium"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"755 E. Tulare Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tulare","county":"Tulare County","state":"CA","lat":36.20892008800007,"lon":-119.33912823499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public high school complex at 755 East Tulare Avenue in Tulare, California, made up of an administration building, a 1,362-seat auditorium, a covered corridor and an east classroom wing, built 1935-1937 as a Public Works Administration project.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is an excellent and, for its county and surroundings, the best example of Art Moderne/Streamline Moderne architecture from the 1930s. It also reflects New Deal PWA funding and the move toward earthquake-conscious school design after the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake destroyed the earlier 1908 school.","narrative":"Tulare Union High School's administration building, auditorium, covered corridor and east classroom wing form a Streamline Moderne complex on Tulare Avenue. They replaced the 1908 school, which was condemned after the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. Construction under Public Works Administration project No. 1131 began in late 1935 and finished around June 1937, at a cost of $175,000, of which $77,000 came as a federal grant. Fresno architect W.D. Coates designed it, and W.J. Ochs and Midstate Construction Company built it. Typical Moderne features include flat roofs, rounded corners, smooth stucco walls, large glass areas, porthole windows on the lobby doors, and a mosaic showing the school's three buildings. The auditorium originally seated 1,400 and now seats 1,362. Original windows, restrooms, dressing rooms and a basement cooling system survive in the main building. The exterior is described as unchanged apart from color, and the complex remains in school use. It was listed for the quality of its design and its link to New Deal public works.","period_of_significance":"1937","architect_builder":"Coates, W.D. & Ochs, W.J.","architectural_style":"Moderne (Art Moderne / Streamline Moderne)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as part of Tulare Union High School, housing administrative offices, classrooms and the auditorium.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.872499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/99001566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001566/6ba48cedcf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001566/6ba48cedcf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"NoeHill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulare_Union_High_School_Auditorium_June_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NoeHill</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:Tulare_Union_High_School_Auditorium_June_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862258","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Union_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7851958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tulare-county/tulare-union-high-school-auditorium-and-administration-building-99001566/"}