Torrance Historical Society Museum

Torrance Historical Society Museum is a museum in Los Angeles, Southern California, California which is located on Post Avenue. Torrance Historical Society Museum is situated nearby to Marcelina Station Torrance Post Office, as well as near Saint Andrews Episcopal Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torrance High School and Home Economics Building.

Torrance High School

School

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Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Torrance High School is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Torrance Historical Society Museum.

Home Economics Building

School building

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The Home Economics Building is located on the campus of Torrance High School in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California. It was built in 1922–1923, in the Mediterranean Revival style. Home Economics Building is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Torrance Historical Society Museum.

Harbor–UCLA Medical Center

Hospital

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Harbor–UCLA Medical Center is a 570-bed public teaching hospital located at 1000 West Carson Street in West Carson, an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, California. Harbor–UCLA Medical Center is situated 1½ miles east of Torrance Historical Society Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torrance and Harbor Gateway.

Torrance

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Torrance is a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, in Southern California. Even though it is one of the larger suburbs of Los Angeles, it is overlooked by the throngs of tourists that visit LA.

Harbor Gateway

Suburb

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The Harbor Gateway, sometimes informally known as the L.A. Strip due to its shape, is a 5.14-square-mile residential and industrial area in the South Bay and Los Angeles Harbor Region, in the southern part of the City of Los Angeles.

West Carson

Suburb

Photo: Biochemistry2016, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Carson is an unincorporated community in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 22,870 at the 2020 census. West Carson is situated 1½ miles southeast of Torrance Historical Society Museum.

Torrance Historical Society Museum

Type: Museum
Address: 1345 Post Avenue, Torrance, CA 90501
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.83525° or 33° 50′ 7″ north

Longitude

-118.31818° or 118° 19′ 5″ west

Elevation

108 feet (33 metres)

Height

29 feet (8.9 metres)

Operator

Torrance Historical Society

Open location code

8553RMPJ+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 412294715

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Marcelina Station Torrance Post Office and Saint Andrews Episcopal Church.

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