Abstract

Crandall Gymnasium (Bldg 060)

Completion Date: 1928

Square Feet: 24,034

Architect: Office of the State Architect

Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, tile roof

Construction Cost: $554,000

Architectural Style: Mission Revival

Cal Poly President: Benjamin R. Crandall

California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations.

Building named for Dr. Benjamin Crandall - Cal Poly director 1924 - 1933

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URL: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/fpcp_mp/52