{"nrhp_refnum":"96000392","name":"San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building","other_names":["Los Angeles Maritime Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Berth 84, Foot of 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Pedro","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.73832530800007,"lon":-118.27860578999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one- and two-story frame and plaster ferry terminal at Berth 84, foot of 6th Street, in San Pedro, Los Angeles. Construction began in 1941 and the building opened in 1942; it now houses the Los Angeles Maritime Museum.","why_significant":"The building is tied to the growth of the Port of Los Angeles, because the ferry carried shipyard, cannery and naval workers to Terminal Island during and after World War II. It is also a distinctive example of Streamline Moderne design, which the nomination says is vanishing from the port area. It was designed in-house by the city and Harbor Department.","narrative":"Built on the San Pedro waterfront at Berth 84, this Streamline Moderne ferry terminal was begun in 1941 and finished in 1942. It has two tiered wings and a five-story octagonal tower, with curved corners, fluted columns and glass brick windows. Half of it sits on pilings over the channel. Ferries carried commuters to Terminal Island, home to shipyards, canneries and a naval base, and thousands of sailors passed through during the war. Between 1942 and 1963, more than 7 million passengers and 70,000 vehicles crossed. Service ended when the Vincent Thomas Bridge opened. The Harbor Department kept offices in the north wing until 1975. Local residents then campaigned to save the building, and it became the Los Angeles Maritime Museum in 1980. Its significance rests on its role in port transportation and on its surviving Streamline Moderne design, which the nomination describes as rare in the port area. Original mahogany woodwork and radiators remain in the offices.","period_of_significance":"1941-1945","architect_builder":"Irvine, B. /Los Angeles Harbor Dept.","architectural_style":"Moderne (Streamline Moderne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, opened in January 1980 after a 1977 renovation; the north wing retains original offices and the exterior looks much as it did in 1941.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.455201-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/96000392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000392/0a2d610305-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000392/0a2d610305-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Los Angeles","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Pedro_Ferry_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:San_Pedro_Ferry_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859486","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pedro_Municipal_Ferry_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7415118"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/san-pedro-municipal-ferry-building-96000392/"}