Architects Myron Hunt and H.C. Chambers laid out the original master plan for Occidental College in 1914, and 21 of the Mediterranean style buildings were realized which were determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 2001. The contributing buildings include: Johnson Hall; Fowler Hall; Mary Norton Clapp Library; Swan Hall; Thorne Hall; Booth Music-Speech Center; Freeman College Union; Samuelson Campus Pavilion; Weingard Center (Orr Hall); Admissions Building; Urban Environmental Studies; Bird Hillside Theater; President's House; Erdman Hall; Haines Hall; Emmons Health Center and Wylie Hall. Six other features include: Patterson Field; Campus Quadrangle; Perimeter landscaping; circulation network/landscaping; Alumni Avenue east of Campus Road; and Pardee and Thompson Gates. The 1914 James Swan Hall men's dormitory was transformed in 1960 from living quarters into administrative offices. Brian R. Bloom was the lead architect on a 2011 Swan Hall renovation and addition project that more than doubled the existing space. Thorne Hall at Occidental College, looking at the front of the building and shows the exterior of the neoclassical and extensively refurbished auditorium. Four large columns decorates the front entrance.
Occidental College Universities and colleges--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Columns--California--Los Angeles Auditoriums--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) Hunt, Myron,1868-1952 Chambers, H. C.(Harold Coulson),1885-1971 Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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