Wallis Annenberg Building

Coordinates: 34°00′57″N 118°17′00″W / 34.015710°N 118.283386°W / 34.015710; -118.283386
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34°00′57″N 118°17′00″W / 34.015710°N 118.283386°W / 34.015710; -118.283386

The building in 1956, when it still housed the 160th Infantry Regiment

The Wallis Annenberg Building (originally the 160th Regiment State Armory, and also referred to as the Exposition Park Armory) is a building located in

The armory hosted the

venue.

The 160th left in 1961, and the building was used as headquarters for the board of trustees of the California State Colleges in the 1960s[5] It then served as exhibit space for the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry (now the California Science Center) from the 1960s to the 1980s, before being closed in 1990 due to seismic concerns.

The building is currently an annex of the California Science Center, serving as the Science Center School and the Amgen Center for Science Learning since 2004.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GROUND IS BROKEN FOR SPLENDID STATE ARMORY". Los Angeles Times. 1912-12-08.
  2. ^ "Lineages and Honors of the California National Guard: 160th Infantry Regiment (Seventh California)". Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. ^ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 67–8, 70, 78, 84.
  4. ^ "Hammers Fly as Work Starts on A.B.C. Lanes". Los Angeles Times. 1947-03-04.
  5. ^ "College Trustees Await Guard Units Transfer: Negotiations Under Way to Move Outfits From Exposition Park". ProQuest. 1961-08-07.