{"nrhp_refnum":"00001168","name":"Angels Flight Railway","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.05137243000007,"lon":-118.25013469299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-10-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Angels Flight is an incline railway on the eastern slope of Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a track on trestles, a Beaux Arts station house, an entrance arch and two wooden cars. The railway dates from 1901 (rebuilt 1905, station house and arch 1910) and was reinstalled about 300 feet south of its original site in 1995.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Angels Flight is significant for its transportation and engineering role linking Bunker Hill to the downtown business district below. It is also significant architecturally: its 1910 Beaux Arts station house and arch, attributed to Train & Williams, are unique among surviving incline railways, which are otherwise utilitarian. The cars, station house and arch were restored with historic fabric retained.","narrative":"Angels Flight is a short incline railway climbing the eastern slope of Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles. Its two wooden cars, Sinai and Olivet, run on a 30-inch gauge track rising at a 33 percent grade, passing each other at a midway bay with only four inches to spare. Built to connect the hilltop residential area with the business district below, the line was rebuilt in 1905 and again partly reconstructed in 1913. In 1910 it gained a cast stone and wood station house and a matching entrance arch in Beaux Arts style, the station house designed by the Los Angeles firm Train & Williams. The railway was dismantled in 1969, and in 1995 the cars, station house and arch were restored and reinstalled about 300 feet south of the original location, with the track and trestle replicated in modern materials. The nomination stresses its architecture, which sets it apart from other surviving incline railways, which are mostly utilitarian.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Station house by Train & Williams (Robert Edmund Williams and Robert Farquhar Train); entrance arch believed to be by Train & Williams; 1913 reconstruction drawings by Mercereau Bridge & Construction Co.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts; Other: Incline Railway","criteria":[],"status_note":"Dismantled in 1969 and stored for about 25 years; cars, station house and arch restored and reinstalled in 1995 with a replicated track and trestle in modern materials. Current function is listed as transportation/rail-related.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.894252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/00001168.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001168/1f7ad79b2e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001168/1f7ad79b2e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Originally uploaded by w:en:User:Jengod.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angelsflight1903.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Originally uploaded by w:en:User:Jengod.</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angelsflight1903.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858921","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_Flight","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069719"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/angels-flight-railway-00001168/"}