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Item Title
La Jolla Women's Club, 715 Silverado Street, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA
Location715 Silverado Street,
La+Jolla, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1957
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-85).
Building/structure dates:
1913 initial construction
Significance: The La Jolla Woman's Club is one of architect Irving Gill's most noted buildings. Its simplified forms, reflecting the influence of California mission architecture, and use of reinforced concrete are trademarks of Gill's style. The building and grounds were donated to the La Jolla Woman's Club by Ellen Browning Scripps. / The La Jolla Women's Club, designed by Irving John Gill in 1913, reveals the purity of architectural expression achieved at Gill's mature stage. Gill exploited the tilt-slab system of construction by presenting pure rectangular forms punctured by simple arched opening and by placing metal frames for doors and windows in the forms prior to pouring of the concrete. The building form is effectively extended through the use of pergola structures. Vines and other vegetation in the planned gardens provide an articulation which pleasantly contrasts with the simplicity of the building itself.
Subjects
ClubhousesWomen
Related Names
Gill, Irving John
Scripps, Ellen Browning
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION FROM SIDEWALK
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION AND NORTH PERGOLA
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 NORTH (SIDE) PERGOLA
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (FRONT) ELEVATION AND SOUTH PERGOLA
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (FRONT) PORCH
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 SOUTH (SIDE) ELEVATION, PERGOLA AND GARDEN
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 SOUTH (SIDE) PORCH AND GARDEN
9. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 DETAIL OF NORTH (SIDE) ELEVATION
10. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (MAIN) ENTRANCE
11. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (MAIN) ENTRANCE HALL
12. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 WEST (MAIN) ENTRANCE HALL
13. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 ASSEMBLY HALL
14. Historic American Buildings Survey Marvin Rand, Photographer August 1971 COMMITTEE ROOM (LUNCH ROOM BEYOND)
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