Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963). 140 pp., 1949, 1948, 1946, 1940s
Part of the money derived from the bond issue of 1946 was allocated to complete the John Adams Junior High School plant, and from this money, in 1948-1949, there was constructed an auditorium with a seating capacity of 750, a large gymnasium with connecting facilities for the girls' locker room and showers, and a four-unit shop building for metal work, wood work, and mechanical drawing.
The new John Adams plant, both in structure and design, follows the modern trend, expressing simple beauty through line and color. Its buildings are of the rambling one-story type of construction, providing safety from fire and earthquake, and are connected by outside, covered corridors that surround two grass-covered patios.