Coalinga Union High School

Coalinga Union High School was erected by W.J. Ochs according to plans by San Francisco architect J.W. Dolliver. Ochs’ winning bid for the school contract was $19,650.00, and the school officially opened on January 19, 1911. The building was equipped with furnishings and appliances including lifting top desks, a reading table, bookkeeping tables, chemistry tables, heating apparatus and fan, statuary, Thorwaldsen’s “Triumph of Alexander” in the assembly hall, a bust of Julius Caesar in room B, Homer in room C, Agassiz and Wagner in room D, a copy of Holman Hunt’s “Flight of Night” in the office, and Chaplin’s “Joan of Arc” in the hallway. Its architecture was adapted from the Spanish Mission type to meet the demands of the local climate.

Coalinga, California · United States