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Widney Hall (Alumni House) Relocation

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

The original house dates to nineteenth century origins of University of Southern California, serving as one of the first classroom buildings.  The structure had been moved twice previously, to accommodate growing needs and changing campus planning and street patterns.  The latest siting aligns with a new campus entry and a chain of courts and major campus buildings replacing Hoover Avenue.  Kaplan Chen Kaplan served as Historic Architect and coordinated procedures for protecting existing building and guidelines for re-siting at new location.  Code negotiations under the State Historical Building Code included fire code and accessibility requirements at the new site. We also provided new accessible bathroom facilities