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Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles

Coordinates: 34°03′26″N 118°27′37″W / 34.05724°N 118.46023°W / 34.05724; -118.46023
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Streetcar Depot
West Los Angeles Streetcar Depot (2008)
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles is located in California
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles is located in the United States
Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles
LocationSawtelle,
West Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′26″N 118°27′37″W / 34.05724°N 118.46023°W / 34.05724; -118.46023
Built1900
ArchitectJ. Lee Burton,
Peters & Burns
Architectural styleEastlake
NRHP reference No.72000232 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 23, 1972

The Sawtelle Streetcar Depot is located on the grounds of the Sawtelle Veterans Home in Sawtelle, in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California.

The depot was designed by J. Lee Burton in 1900, in conjunction with the nearby Wadsworth Chapel also on the Veterans Home campus.[2] Both were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

History

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This station was the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad terminus of the Soldiers' Home Line, a short extension of the Santa Monica Air Line to the Sawtelle Veterans Home. The depot also served the Balloon Route.[3]

The extension started at the present-day Expo / Sepulveda station on the E Line (Los Angeles Metro) and continued north on the western side of Sepulveda Boulevard to the depot.

Passenger service to the station ended around July 1920.[3] The line was maintained and operational — but seldom used — until the entire Air Line was abandoned.[citation needed] After closure the right-of-way was initially kept intact, but eventually sold off in piecemeal for various building developments, making any future restoration prohibitively expensive.

Design

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The wooden building was designed in the Victorian Eastlake Movement style by J. Lee Burton, and completed in 1900.

It is similar to another still-standing structure of the Air Line, the Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot.[2]

Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Terminus Santa Monica Branch Home Junction
toward River
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Terminus Air Line
Home Branch
Home Junction

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert (1994). Los Angeles: An Architectural Guidebook. Gibbs Smith. p. 95. ISBN 0-87905-627-4. OL 1431202M. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  3. ^ a b Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. pp. 85, 97, 109. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.