{"nrhp_refnum":"74000524","name":"Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11453 Long Beach Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynwood","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.925695018000056,"lon":-118.21043103899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1917 passenger railway station at 11453 Long Beach Boulevard in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, California, built by the Lynwood Company for the Southern Pacific on the Pacific Electric Santa Ana line.","why_significant":"The nomination states that it is the only remaining Pacific Electric passenger station and that it survived the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. It also argues the building blends Classical Revival and California Bungalow styles in a design never repeated on the system, and that it marks Lynwood's ties to the interurban railway.","narrative":"Built in 1917 at Fernwood Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard in Lynwood, this passenger station replaced a simple shed shelter beside sugar beet fields on the Pacific Electric Santa Ana line. The Lynwood Company built it for the Southern Pacific in exchange for track-side improvements such as grading and drainage. Its long gabled tile roof rests on fluted columns and is anchored by gabled brick piers with arched windows, mixing Classical Revival and California Bungalow elements. The architect is unknown, and no drawings have been found. The nomination describes it as the only surviving Pacific Electric passenger station, and it came through the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. Its design was apparently never repeated elsewhere on the system. The station recalls how the interurban line shaped Lynwood, which grew from ranch and farm land into a commuter community and incorporated in 1921. By the time of nomination, the building stood abandoned and vandalized after later use as a bus depot, taxi stand, lunch stand and typing school, though still repairable.","period_of_significance":"20th Century; erected 1917","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built by the Lynwood Company for the Southern Pacific","architectural_style":"Combination of Classical Revival and California Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Abandoned and vandalized at the time of nomination, with peeling paint, broken windows and graffiti, but described as deteriorated and not beyond repair. Earlier uses included a bus depot, taxi stand, lunch stand and commercial typing school.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.810951-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/74000524.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000524/0172231ca3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000524/0172231ca3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"John F. Meyerpeter, HABS photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynwood_Pacific_Electric_Railway_Depot_(Lynwood,_CA).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John F. Meyerpeter, HABS photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynwood_Pacific_Electric_Railway_Depot_(Lynwood,_CA).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Pacific_Electric_Railway_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104181736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/lynwood-pacific-electric-railway-depot-74000524/"}