Pat Bliss archives, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. School Auditorium and Gymnasium. Photo by David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, Society of Architectural Historians.
Date
1939
Material
Cast Concrete
Dimensions
approximately 32 x 8 in. (81.3 x 20.3 cm) [diameter x depth]
Description
High relief of head of a Viking
Markings
n/a
Provenance / Location
Ventura Public Schools, Ventura, Iowa.
Alternate Title(s)
n/a
Notes / Sources
Papers, SC, Box 5 f.10, Thorson correspondence and sketch.
Ventura Consolidated Historic School District, located at the junction of Main and Park Streets, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The auditorium and gynmasium was designed by architect Thorwald Thornson, 1940. It is one of the last structures in the State of Iowa that was build in the Art Deco style.
Images in the Pat Bliss archives, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
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