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Title
Fort Moore Hill
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Harris, L. Mildred
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Formerly located at 451 N. Hill Street on Fort Moore Hill, the two-story Central Junior High School building was built in 1936 by the City of Los Angeles Board of Education and designed by architect A. C. Zimmerman in the Mediterranean Revival Style. In later years, the campus was known as the Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices with the address of 450 N. Grand Avenue.
Looking northwest towards Fort Moore Hill from where excavation beneath Broadway is taking place, as part of the construction of the Santa Ana Freeway/US 101, on July 2, 1950. Atop Fort Moore Hill are the Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices, formerly Central Junior High School.
Type
image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00109969
L. Mildred Harris Slide Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b94_f1_i25
CARL0005346162
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/123832
Subject
Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--Design and construction
Building sites--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--California, Southern
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Mediterranean influences
Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Santa Ana Freeway (Calif.)
United States Highway 101
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Slides
Zimmerman, A. C

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