The new brick buildings of Eagle Rock Elementary School faced Fair Park Avenue. They were built about 1927 as a result of a citywide bond issue. Funding was needed to cope with the needs of a rapidly growing population. -ERVHS
This architect’s rendering of Eagle Rock’s “magnificent” new Central School building appeared in the Eagle Rock Sentinel. Architect John C. Austin designed it. Erected by the Edwards and Wildey Company, a major construction company citywide (the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, among others), also Eagle Rock’s principal real estate developer. –Eagle Rock Sentinel 9-20-1917.
The entry and library of the new Eagle Rock High School
The new Eagle Rock High School in 1927
View of the valley with the Craftsman style Eagle Rock School on the right. The Girl in the foreground was James Ferdon’s daughter Rae. (Ferdon collection-ERVHS)
Pictured is a tug-o-war during the 1932 Harvest Home Festival. John Swisher, donor of the photo, is fifth from the left tugging with the rest. Behind the students can be seen the unaltered façade of the Auditorium. Second from left in the back row is Maxine (Mitchell) Tichenor; next to her is John’s sister, Dorothy E. Swisher, in the mask. In the front row, third from the left is Ricki De Kramer. Second from the right is Lucy Spurgeon. -ERVHS-John Swisher
Occidental College ca 1935
Future site of Yosemite Park & Eagle Rock High School ca 1925