Field House/Girl's Gym (Turlock, California)

 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, gymnasium - education

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This building is referred to as the "Field House" or "Girls Gym." The term Girls Gym is only used because of the adjacent girl's locker room. The gyms are not actually segregated by sex.

The two original structures of "Old Turlock High School" (the second being the administration building directly to the north) are very different looking buildings designed by William H. Weeks and built within a few years of each other. They are sited on a large landscaped parcel.

The more impressive structure is the combination auditorium and classroom facility, faced with tan brick and designed with elements of the Spanish Colonial and Romanesque Revival styles.

The gymnasium also has elements of the Spanish Colonial Revival but is a much more-modest building, faced with stucco and having many fewer decorative elements. The auditorium has seen almost no changes to the main facades whereas the gymnasium's integrity has been compromised to a moderate degree by the addition of seismic reinforcing members.

The auditorium was damaged by fire in 1979 and remained closed until 1999 when it reopened after fourteen years of fund raising and restoration by the citizens of Turlock. Today, the auditorium is home to the Turlock Community Theater.

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National Register of Historic Places # 90002141