{"nrhp_refnum":"90002119","name":"Redlands Central Railway Company Car Barn","other_names":["Pacific Electric Railway (Secondary or Auxiliary) Redlands C"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"746 E. Citrus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Redlands","county":"San Bernardino County","state":"CA","lat":34.056741473000045,"lon":-117.17548651599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick car barn at 746 East Citrus Avenue in Redlands, San Bernardino County, California, built in 1907 to house the rolling stock of the Redlands Central Railway Company, an electric street railway. Plans were drawn by John H. Fisher.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that it is the only remaining building in Redlands that represents the electric railways that contributed to the city's development from 1899 into the 1920s. It later became part of the Pacific Electric Railway and is described as the last known Pacific Electric car barn still standing. The form also claims broader regional and statewide significance.","narrative":"Built in 1907 at 746 East Citrus Avenue, this brick car barn in Redlands was designed to shelter the cars of the Redlands Central Railway Company, a short-lived local electric street railway founded by the Fisher family. The building is about 50 by 130 feet, with an open interior, steel roof trusses, a corrugated iron roof and a scalloped Mission Revival parapet over the arched front doorways where tracks once entered. John H. Fisher drew the plans, and Taylor Bros. Brick Co. built it for an estimated $7,000. The company was bought by Henry E. Huntington in 1908 and its operations later passed to the Pacific Electric Railway, which retired the barn around 1926. Later uses included trucking, cabinetmaking and tile businesses. It was listed because it is the only surviving Redlands building tied to the electric railway era and the last known Pacific Electric car barn. The building retains most of its original character despite some altered openings.","period_of_significance":"1907-1926","architect_builder":"Fisher, John H. (architect); contractor Taylor Bros. Brick Co.","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the building was in nearly continuous use until a few years before the nomination, and decay and vandalism have not significantly impaired integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.955798-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90002119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002119/90ae4143ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002119/90ae4143ee-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"James Allison","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redlands_Trolley_Barn.png\" rel=\"noopener\">James Allison</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redlands_Trolley_Barn.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860790","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlands_Trolley_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19877453"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-bernardino-county/redlands-central-railway-company-car-barn-90002119/"}