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., 1913, 1892, 1890s, 1889
In April, 1889, a Baptist Sunday school was called in the home of Mrs. Drane on the south side of Santa Monica. For a time, the Sunday school was held in the old Washington school. From February 1, 1890 until November 3, 1892, the Reverend A.P. Brown, pastor of the Baptist Church at Palms, preached alternate Sundays at Ocean Park. On September 5, 1892, the first "Baptist Mission" was dedicated as a branch of the Palms church. The church cost $700.00 and was furnished with one hundred chairs, a pulpit, and an organ. p.16
. . . [In the Santa Monica School District] First, although adult classes were held as early as 1889, it was only in 1913 that the adult education program and evening high school were officially organized."