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Sequoia Field: A Documentary – Project Team
Historic Preservation Consultant
Allison Lyons – GPA Consulting
Additional Participant
Alexandra Vander Poel – Tulare County
Historic Preservation Consultant
Allison Lyons – GPA Consulting
Specialty / Sub-Contractor
Christopher Fuentes – GPA Consulting
Project Lead & Title:
Andrea Galvin – GPA Consulting
Owner/Client & Title:
Hector Guerra – Tulare County Resource Management Agency
Historic Preservation Consultant
Allison Lyons – GPA Consulting
Additional Participant(s)
Alexandra Vander Poel – Tulare County
Sequoia Field: A Documentary
The Sequoia Field: A Documentary is the winner of a 2020 Preservation Design Award for Interpretive Exhibits. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. The Award will be presented on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at an online awards ceremony. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/awards.
About this project
Sequoia Field is a World War II-era pilot training school listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The district has been adaptively reused over many decades to serve the needs of its community. It now serves as a detention facility. Access is highly restricted and knowledge of its significance to Tulare County’s role in World War II is not widespread. To maximize the accessibility of the information about Sequoia Field for the general public, the project team produced a short documentary using expert interviews and current and historic footage to present the history of the site, its ongoing use, and its future as it continues to serve its community’s needs. Developed through a collaborative effort, the short documentary on Sequoia Field’s history highlights expert testimony and historic images on the site in an engaging video to heighten appreciation of this unique place. Watch the film here on YouTube.
