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Granger Hall, National City Loosely draped in a weathered old tarp, the Granger Music Hall, glimpsed from the I-5 freeway, is enough to evoke serious concern over this acoustical masterpiece designed by San Diego Master Architect Irving J. Gill. Completed in 1898 at the Paradise Valley estate of Colorado silver magnate Ralph Granger, the small but elegant building was used for private concerts and to house Granger's notable violin collection. Gill's knowledge of acoustics, gained from his earlier work in Chicago, achieved outstanding results when he designed the original 19' x 36' room and two later additions. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building was moved to East Fourth Street in National City in 1969. The currently dismal exterior conditions convey nothing of its splendid interior, which includes a 75-foot ceiling mural by New York artist D. Samman and an intricately carved cedar screen that once concealed a large pipe organ.
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