Roosevelt Base, Recreation & Bowling Alley, Corner of West Virginia Street & Richardson Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive historic landscaping. It is eligible for the National Register for its site planning, landscaping, architectural style, and its Associate Architect Paul Williams, a nationally prominent Los Angeles Afro-American architect. Additionally, the District is significant for its association with the buildup of permanent Naval facilities on the Pacific Coast under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the mobilization period preceding the United States' entry into World War II. Building 20, a former lounge and bowling alley for enlisted men, has been so extensively altered over the yeas that it no longer retains its original architectural integrity as an International Style building.
Survey number: HABS CA-2663-N