{"nrhp_refnum":"97000376","name":"Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot","other_names":["Southern Pacific Station-- Glendale"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Gardena Ave., jct. with W. Cerritos Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glendale","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.123606503000076,"lon":-118.25884153799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Spanish Colonial Revival railroad depot on Gardena Avenue at W. Cerritos Avenue in Glendale, California, built in 1924 by the Southern Pacific Railroad and designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. and Maurice Couchot.","why_significant":"The depot is argued to be significant under Criterion A as the only railroad station in Glendale, a centerpiece of the transportation network that supported the city's rapid growth in the 1920s. Under Criterion C, it is an elegant example of the Spanish-style station design used across California. It remains substantially intact to its period of significance.","narrative":"Glendale's Southern Pacific depot is a one-story station of reinforced concrete with textured stucco meant to suggest adobe, opened on March 27, 1924. Its asymmetrical plan runs along the tracks and includes a baggage room, station office, central waiting room and an outdoor waiting room with cedar log supports. A cast stone portal with spiraled columns, a bell opening and finials marks the waiting room, and wrought iron grilles and balconets appear throughout. Architect Kenneth MacDonald Jr. and engineer Maurice Couchot, formerly of San Francisco, designed it in the Spanish Colonial Revival style then popular for California stations. It was built as Glendale grew rapidly in the 1920s and served as the city's only railroad station, bringing travelers and new residents. Alterations in 1943 and around 1953 and a 1979 restoration did not damage its integrity. The city bought the property in 1989 to ensure its preservation, and the depot continues to operate.","period_of_significance":"1924-1947","architect_builder":"MacDonald, Kenneth, Jr.; Couchot, Maurice","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Operating continuously since 1924 in reasonably good condition, with some exterior deterioration and cracking from the 1994 Northridge earthquake; a restoration was planned. Owned by the City of Glendale since 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.977359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/97000376.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000376/f8ce5b0eaa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000376/f8ce5b0eaa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Vahe Martirosyan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glendale,_Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Depot,_2018.02.11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Vahe Martirosyan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glendale,_Southern_Pacific_Railroad_Depot,_2018.02.11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859150","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Transportation_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501640"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/glendale-southern-pacific-railroad-depot-97000376/"}