Historic building at St Bernadettes school

[edsb]

I am asking anyone if they know the history of the Spanish style building that was used as a temporary school hall when St Bernadettes school was built in the late 1950s. At that time the building had a cast iron plaque designating it as a historical building by the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is my understanding that the building is now used by a local board of realtors. It is located on San Felipe Drive next to the medical center offices on Stocker. I also saw this building in a Laurel and Hardy movie in which it was the club house for a golf course that extended down the hill to the shopping center at Crenshaw and MLK Blvd (formerly Santa Barbara Street). I recently visited this area but the plaque was gone. I attended St Bernadettes from when it openned till I graduated in 1960. For four years I read and reread that plaque as we used that building for all social and school occasions. The DAR has no record of it but admits that in going from 3 x 5 cards to computer entries much information was wrong or missed. Current photos of the building available upon request. This is a powerful piece of history of Baldwin Hills and View Park that is missing, and that shouldn't be.
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Ed King
Santa Barbara
edsb@cox.net
805-455-3815

[BCNeuman]

If no one else answers, you might be able to contact St. Bernadette's directly. I was not able to find any email for them, but their phone numbers are:

SCHOOL: (323)291-4284 [4196 Marlton Ave.]
Church: (323) 293-4877

If you find out the history of the building, please let us know here.