Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles

	Streetcar Depot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	West Los Angeles Streetcar Depot (2008)
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Location	Sawtelle,; West Los Angeles, California
Built	1900
Architect	J. Lee Burton,; Peters & Burns
Architectural style	Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	72000232
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972

Coordinates: 34°03′26″N 118°27′37″W / 34.0572444°N 118.46019834°W / 34.0572444; -118.46019834

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[]

This station was formerly the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad terminus of the "Soldier's Home Branch," a short extension of the Santa Monica Air Line to the then Pacific Branch National Military Home − Los Angeles Disabled Veterans Home. The depot also served the Balloon Route.

The line was maintained, but only sporadically used, until 1953 when passenger service on the Air Line was eliminated. The right-of-way was kept intact, but eventually sold piecemeal for building development making restoration of its full service route unlikely. However, the former section of the former Air Line right of way will now be used by the Expo Line Phase 2 extension. The historical section started at the Home Station, the present day Expo / Sepulveda Metro station location, and continued north on the western side of Sepulveda Boulevard to the Sawtelle depot.

Design[]

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]

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert (1994). Los Angeles: An Architectural Guidebook. Gibbs Smith. p. 95. ISBN 0-87905-627-4.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[David_Gebhard_and_Robert_Winter_1994-2] Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert (1994). Los Angeles: An Architectural Guidebook. Gibbs Smith. p. 95. ISBN 0-87905-627-4.

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Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles

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