Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot
| Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot | |
|---|---|
Montecito Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| Coordinates | 34°5′17.5″N 118°12′28.5″W / 34.088194°N 118.207917°W |
| Governing body | Heritage Square |
| Designated | 1963[1] |
| Reference no. | 22 |
Palms-
In 1928, an “old-timer” told the
From the 1920s to the 1940s, the motion picture business became the dominant business in the Palms-Culver City area, and movie stars, including
In 1953, the Red Car line was shut down, and the depot was abandoned.[2] As the surrounding area became a suburban residential community, the depot became “a symbol of another day and reflective of what has happened to Palms”.[5]
In the early 1960s, the Culver-Palms Boy Scout Troop 49 undertook a beautification of the depot building and used it as a meeting place.[3] The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board declared the building to be a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1963; it was the 22nd structure to receive the historic monument designation. Despite the designation, the depot remained vacant, was victimized by vandals and graffiti, and fell into serious disrepair in the early 1970s.[2]
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The
See also
- Inglewood Depot
- Arcade Depot
- Palms station
References
- ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (September 7, 2007). "Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments" (PDF). City of Los Angeles.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d e f Harvey, Steve (February 5, 1976). "End of the Line? Not for the 'Grasshopper Stop'; Fund-Raising Drive Saves Palms Depot; It's On To Heritage Square". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b c "1888 Depot in Palms Declared a Monument". Los Angeles Times. September 8, 1963.
- ^ Guzman, N.S. (March 4, 1928). "Rancho Days of Past Recalled". Los Angeles Times. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Palms Losing Identity, Calm Life". Los Angeles Times. July 24, 1966.
