Title supplied by cataloger.; Photographic print is included with negative.; Photographs taken as part of a buildings survey conducted for the Los Angeles Unified School District which includes a narrative and documentation. Formerly located at 451 North Hill Street on the Fort Moore Hill area, 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. Originally built as a middle school, in later years, it functioned and was known as the Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices.; The Central Los Angeles New High School #9 was built on the historic Fort Moore Hill area which is bordered by Grand Avenue and Hill Street on the north and south ends, and Cesar Chavez Avenue and the Santa Ana Freeway on the east and west. The site included a number of structures which were demolished to make room for the new school, including Vernon Avenue School, the Los Angeles Pacific Company, Tunnel Number 2, and Central Junior High School (also later known as the Los Angeles City Board of Education Administrative Offices). The school opened on September 2009 and is now known as the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts. Detail view of a decorative cartouche above the main entrance of the Central Junior High School building east facade, looking west. The cartouche has a relief of an owl, torch, and olive branch and is flanked by windows decorated with iron grilles. Visible directly beneath the cartouche is part of the rusticated flat arch of the main entrance accented with a concrete keystone. The building has since been demolished to make room for the Central Los Angeles Area New High School #9.
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1 negative :safety ;10 x 13 cm. Photographic safety negatives
Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Mediterranean influences School buildings--Remodeling for other use--California--Los Angeles Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)--California--Los Angeles Relief (Sculpture)--California--Los Angeles Windows--California--Los Angeles Grilles--California--Los Angeles Keystones--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.) Zimmerman, A. C Los Angeles Unified School District
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