{"nrhp_refnum":"79000517","name":"Pacific Electric Railway Company Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18132 Imperial Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yorba Linda","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.89105127800008,"lon":-117.81694910099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story wooden combination passenger and freight depot built in 1911 at 18132 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda, Orange County, California, for the Pacific Electric Railway.","why_significant":"The depot is described as one of the last surviving structures from the Pacific Electric Railway, the nation's largest suburban electric transportation system. It is an intact example of the combination depots the railroad built in smaller Los Angeles Basin communities. It served as a focal point for transportation and commerce in Yorba Linda and is one of the community's few remaining historic structures.","narrative":"Built in 1911 on Imperial Highway in Yorba Linda, this wooden depot combined passenger and freight service under one roof when the Pacific Electric Railway extended its Whittier line into the area. The single-story building has horizontal siding, a bellcast hipped roof, and an open waiting area beneath a portico with Doric columns. A small gable covers a slanted bay window on the track side. Red cars made nine daily runs to Los Angeles until passenger service ended in January 1938, and freight continued until the rails were removed in 1951. The freight end was later altered into a nursery office, but original windows and doors remain elsewhere. The depot was listed as one of the few surviving examples of a railway system that once tied Southern California communities to Los Angeles. Similar depots stood at La Habra, Glendora, Covina and Watts. Proposed development and a possible move were concerns at the time of listing.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1911)","architect_builder":"Pacific Electric Railway","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Part of the building has been modernized for use as a nursery office, and the nomination says it serves as commercial offices. Development pressure threatens it, and relocation has been proposed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.436363-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000517.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860304","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorba_Linda_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125925520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/pacific-electric-railway-company-depot-79000517/"}