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Los Angeles Art Deco & Streamline Moderne Buildings (page 1)

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former Louis Pasteur Junior High School
Los Angeles, CA

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The Louis Pasteur Junior High School buildings were built in 1937. Since 1987, the buildings have housed now the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies. [map]

Manual Arts High School
Los Angeles, CA
The Manual Arts High School was established in 1910. The campus was demolished during the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. These buildings were built shortly after that. They were designed by John and Donald Parkinson. For more, see this website. [map]

Thomas Jefferson High School
Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Jefferson High School was designed by Stiles O. Clements and built in 1936. For more, see this website. [map]

Florence Nightingale Middle School
Los Angeles, CA
Florence Nightingale Middle School was designed by John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley and built from 1937-1939. [map]

Hollenbeck Middle School
Los Angeles, CA
Hollenbeck Middle School was designed by Alfred P. Rosenheim and built from 1936-1938. The concrete, mushroom-shaped canopies, shown at the bottom right, were probably added in the 1960s. [map]

Hemphill Diesel Engineering School
Los Angeles, CA
The Hemphill Diesel Engineering School was built from 1932-1936. The frieze depicts the use of diesel engines in various forms of transportation. I believe the building is now used as gallery and artist space. [map]