page_title: Main Building (Torrance High School)
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Main Building (Torrance High School) / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance facade and garden of the Main Building at Torrance High School, located in Torrance, southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The 1917 Mediterranean Revival style building is on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles County. Español: Escuela Preparatoria Torrance, en Torrance, Condado de Los Ángeles, California. 日本語: トーランス高校
context_page_description: The Main Building of Torrance High School is located on the campus in Torrance, southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The Main Building was opened to students as Torrance School in 1917.
context_section_description: The Main Building, built in 1917, was the first building on the campus, then known as the Torrance School and serving all grades.  It is a two-story structure designed in the Mediterranean Revival style, and has architectural elements in the Classical Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The central two-story section is flanked by one-story wings, which all frame an outdoor courtyard patio.
  The main entrance is the dominant element of the building's facade. It consists of a set of layered elements: a large pediment with a cornice, a cofferred arch, a flat window with pediment above, a large arched fanlight, and a flat doorway portal. The doorway is flanked by paired columns.
  A rear addition was built in 1922, in the same style. In 1923, after the Torrance Elementary School was built on the campus, the original Torrance School Main Building was converted into a high school. The elementary school building was annexed to the high school in 1963, and was renamed the Torrance High School Annex building.
caption: Mediterranean Revival and Classical Revival style  facade of the 1917 Main Building.
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