Ford Building

E480065

The Ford Building is a historic exhibition hall in San Diego’s Balboa Park, originally constructed as a showcase pavilion for the 1935–36 California Pacific International Exposition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ford Building canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exhibition hall ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
pavilion ⓘ
architect Sam Hamill ⓘ
William Templeton Johnson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Moderne architecture ⓘ
Streamline Moderne ⓘ
category Exposition building ⓘ
Museum building in San Diego ⓘ
World's fair architecture ⓘ
constructedFor California Pacific International Exposition ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1934 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse San Diego Air & Space Museum ⓘ
era Great Depression era ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression
expositionYears 1935 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
heritageStatus historic resource ⓘ
houses San Diego Air & Space Museum ⓘ
inaugurationYear 1935 ⓘ
locatedIn Balboa Park ⓘ
California ⓘ
San Diego ⓘ
United States ⓘ
material reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter Ford Motor Company ⓘ
notableFeature central open courtyard ⓘ
radial floor plan ⓘ
openingDate 1935 ⓘ
originalFunction exhibition hall ⓘ
showcase pavilion ⓘ
partOf Balboa Park historic district ⓘ
linked to: Balboa Park
region Southern California ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
sponsor Ford Motor Company ⓘ
state California ⓘ
theme automobile industry exhibition ⓘ
useDuringExposition automobile displays ⓘ
industrial exhibits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.