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Roosevelt Base, Recreation & Bowling Alley, Corner of West Virginia Street & Richardson Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA
LocationCorner of West Virginia Street & Richardson Avenue,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2663-N
Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive historic landscaping. It is eligible for the National Register for its site planning, landscaping, architectural style, and its Associate Architect Paul Williams, a nationally prominent Los Angeles Afro-American architect. Additionally, the District is significant for its association with the buildup of permanent Naval facilities on the Pacific Coast under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the mobilization period preceding the United States' entry into World War II. Building 20, a former lounge and bowling alley for enlisted men, has been so extensively altered over the yeas that it no longer retains its original architectural integrity as an International Style building.
Subjects
RecreationBowling AlleysBowling
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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Photograph caption(s):
VIEW OF BUILDING 20, EAST AND NORTH SIDES FROM CORNER OF PRATT AVENUE AND WEST VIRGINIA STREET, FACING SOUTHWEST
VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO BUILDING 20, FROM ARCADE FACING SOUTH
OBLIQUE VIEW OF BUILDING 20, SHOWING WEST AND SOUTH SIDES FROM RICHARDSON AVENUE, FACING NORTHEAST
VIEW OF BUILDING 20, SOUTH SIDE ON RICHARDSON AVENUE, FACING NORTH
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