Carson City Hall
Designed by an ethnically diverse joint venture architectural team including Robert E. Alexander, Robert Kennard of Kennard, Delahousie & Gault, and Frank Sata, in collaboration with landscape architect Yoshito Kuromiya and interior designer Michael Sanchez, Carson City Hall embodies a unique Late Modern design aesthetic with Spanish Colonial Revival influences. Completed in 1976, the building also represents Carson’s first purpose-built city hall and is emblematic of the nascent city’s forward-thinking optimism and strive to create a better and more equitable future for its residents.
In 2024, ARG prepared a Historic Structure Report (HSR) to document the building’s history, significance, and existing conditions, and to appropriately guide its rehabilitation and maintenance. The HSR was also intended to serve as an educational tool to inform city staff and the public about the historical background, design, and development of city hall and its importance to the history of Carson. The HSR was made possible through funding provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Conserving Black Modernism Grant program.
This HSR is currently under review by the City of Carson. Building off the HSR, ARG is working to prepare additional educational and outreach materials related to the history and development of the city in order to further the city’s educational programming goals.