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ID: 700089932
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089932
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1 2 3
William D. Davies Memorial Building (community center; initially laid out by William D. Davies; built by Works Prog...; 1934; destroyed in The Eaton ...; Altadena (Los Angeles, California, United States, North and ...)
Titles:
William D. Davies Memorial Building (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
community center [300005120] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, <social and civic buildings>)
destroyed work [300404029]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1934; destroyed in The Eaton Fire 2025

Creator Display:
initially laid out by William D. Davies; built by Works Progress Administration [preferred]
designer Term Not Found [500782866]
construction firm Works Progress Administration (American governmental body, active 1939-1943) [500227524]
Locations:
Current: Altadena [2009950] (Geographic)
Address Note: +34.200556, -118.131111; 568 E. Mount Curve Ave., Altadena, CA
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Events:
damage: in the Eaton Fire 2025 Altadena [2009950] ()

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Craftsman (style) [300018194] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, modern American, modern North American)

General Subject:
landscape architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Greater Los Angeles Fires 2025 [901002630]
.....((United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: residential structures
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: landscape architecture, spaces, agricultural, and animal husbandry structures
............... Charles S. Farnsworth Park
Sources and Contributors:
William D. Davies Memorial Building........ [VP]
........ California Department of Parks and Recreation [online] (2020) "Charles S. Fansworth Park," accessed 29 Janaury 2025
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... California Department of Parks and Recreation [online] (2020)
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