Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of the Imperial County courthouse, a 3-story stone building with columns at entrance, with street and parked car in foreground Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, August 28, 1927, “San Diego to El Centro Road Reveals Gain, Widening Mountain Springs Grade Brings Results Indicative of Benefit From Good Highway.” ... it adds another link to the paved portion of United States Route No. 80, extending from San Diego to Savannah, Ga. ... The Imperial County Courthouse, a Beaux-Arts style completed in 1924, was designed by architects Ralph Swearingen and Don W. Wells. Handwritten at edge of negative: County court house Elcentro 2 11 Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, El Centro
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
0411 uclamss_1429_0411 ark:/21198/zz002d9p9d
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Courthouses--California--El Centro Neoclassicism (Architecture)--California--El Centro Government Historic buildings--California--El Centro Legal Imperial County (Calif.). Superior Court
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