Title supplied by cataloger. In 1896 William Lees Judson (1842-1928), an English-born California landscape painter, was offered a professorship in drawing and painting at the University of Southern California. In 1897, he founded the Los Angeles College of Fine Arts at his home, located at 200 S. Avenue 66 in the Garvanza district. In 1901, Judson's art college became USC's College of Fine Arts, with Judson serving as dean from 1901 until his retirement in 1922. Under Judson's watch, the school flourished and gained a reputation as being among the largest, best equipped and most efficient in the West. On December 1910, a fire devoured the original three-story Islamic-style building and its dormitories, and though no one perished, many of Judson's artworks were destroyed. In 1911, a new two-story Shingle Style, Bungalow/Craftsman building designed by Robert Train and Robert Edmund Williams was built on the site, and classes resumed there until 1920, when USC moved the College of Fine Arts to its central campus site. With USC vacating the space, the building became the headquarters for a group called the Arroyo Guild of Fellow Craftsmen. Later, it would become the home of Judson Studios, the family-operated stained glass business which had initially opened and operated from Mott Alley near the Old Plaza and Union Station. The building was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 62 on August 31, 1969, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1999 - #99000370. View of Los Angeles College of Fine Arts, U.S.C. located at 200 S. Avenue 66 in the Garvanza district. Photograph shows a white three-story Islamic-style building with a stone foundation, and few windows. A large medallion with the school seal looms high on the right side of the building.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. on board 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
University of Southern California.--College of Fine Arts Los Angeles College of Fine Arts University of Southern California Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles College buildings--California--Los Angeles School buildings--California--Los Angeles Schools--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Judson, William Lees,1842-1928
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