Glassell Park Elementary School | |
Location: | 2211 West Avenue 30 Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates: | 34.1045°N -118.2366°W |
Built: | 1924 |
Architect: | Taylor, Edward Cray Taylor |
Architecture: | Mission/Spanish Revival |
Added: | April 13, 2007 |
Refnum: | 07000309 |
Glassell Park Elementary School is an elementary school listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located at 2211 W. Avenue 30, in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is a PK-6 active school. The principal is Ms. Claudia Pelayo. It is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
It was built in 1924 in Spanish Colonial Revival style. Following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake it was updated in P.W.A. Moderne architecture to make repairs and to meet new earthquake-related building codes.[1] Elementary schools in Los Angeles were a part of the Los Angeles City School District until July 1, 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.[2]
The school's main presentation to the public is its long, south-facing facade along W. Avenue 30 of length 190feet. Its 100feet building frontage on Carlyle Street is less visible.
The property was deemed notable partly in the area of social history.[3]
Only the 1924/35 school building and its portion of grounds were deemed to be contributing resources. Modular classrooms, playground areas, and a 1951-built cafeteria were considered intrusions that do not add to the historic character of the property.[3]