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University High School

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address, Directions, & Map:
    • 11800 Texas Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • 310-914-3500
    • (310) 478-6535 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
  • Email:
• History & Memorable Moments

Originally known as Warren G. Harding High School when built in 1924, the school was renamed in 1929 after UCLA moved its campus from East Hollywood to Westwood, and the reputation of former President Harding had declined. The name University is supposed to have originated because it became a site where teachers-in-training from nearby UCLA worked as assistant teachers. One third of its class of 1942 did not graduate because of the internment of Japanese-Americans. ^[1]

Uni was opened in 1924, and is one of very few pre-World War II high schools in Los Angeles which have been partially spared by three major earthquakes since its inception. Although the gymnasium and a beautiful and widely admired auditorium were condemned following the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, the school's original main building from 1924 remains in use to this day. The music building and gym (rebuilt in the early 1980s) are scheduled to be taken down because they sit on a fault line, against district policy. Although the music building is not in use (classes have been moved to another unused room near the top of the school), the gym currently is. Because the main building presents a very traditional and dignified appearance, with weathered brick and arched doorways, the campus is popular with film crews. ^[1]

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• Places of Worship
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