{"nrhp_refnum":"06000657","name":"Subway Terminal Building","other_names":["417 Metro"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"417, 415, 425 S. Hill St., 416, 420 424 S. Olive St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Los Angeles","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.04991877100008,"lon":-118.25119676499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twelve-story office and transit terminal building at 417 S. Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles, constructed in 1925 and designed by the New York firm Schultze & Weaver in an Italian Renaissance style.","why_significant":"The building was a focal point of Pacific Electric rail transit in Los Angeles and a prestigious business address in the 1920s. It is also significant under Criterion C as work of Schultze & Weaver, the architects of the nearby Biltmore Hotel. The exterior and main lobbies retain a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Rising twelve stories above downtown Los Angeles, this building at 417 S. Hill Street was completed in 1925 as a subway terminal with offices above. New York architects Schultze & Weaver designed it in an Italian Renaissance style, with a granite base, a stone and terra cotta shaft, and an ornate capital under a mission-tile roof. Trains once ran on the basement level, while a grand concourse, retail arcade and two lobbies served passengers on the floors above. Office tenants valued the convenient location over the trolley lines and the marble, mosaic tile, mahogany and bronze finishes. Rail service declined and the last scheduled train left in 1955. Federal agencies later occupied the building and altered much of the interior. A tax-credit rehabilitation finished in 2005 converted the upper floors into 277 apartments, while the exterior, the main lobbies and the upper-floor corridors keep their original character. The architecture and its link to the Biltmore's designers support its recognition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Schultze & Weaver","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated and completed in 2005 as 277 residential units (Metro 417); the former concourse, mezzanine and basement track areas are mothballed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.436955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/06000657.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000657/601fc627c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000657/601fc627c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Subway_Terminal_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Subway_Terminal_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859564","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_Terminal_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7632491"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/subway-terminal-building-06000657/"}