Los Altos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 288 1st Street Los Altos, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°22′38″N 122°07′04″W / 37.377202°N 122.117764°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Los Altos station is a former railway station in Los Altos, California. The station's establishment marked the beginning of the town as the Mayfield Cutoff was built through the area in 1907.[1] Initially, Southern Pacific steam trains stopped at the two boxcars which made up the station. Additionally, the station was a stop along the interurban Peninsular Railway starting in 1909. A more permanent station building opened in 1913.[1][2] Peninsular interurban cars ceased running in 1935 and commuter service ended entirely in January 1964.[3]
After abandonment, the building was leased out as a restaurant. It was restored by the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1973, with a boxcar and a parlor car placed in static installation to flank the building.[1] The Los Altos Historical Commission declared the station as a historical building in 1984.[4] The parlor car had become dilapidated by then and was sold and removed the following year.[4] Despite its historical designation, the building again fell into disrepair and was restored and remodeled in 2014.[5]
- ^ a b c Burns, John (October 3, 1975). "More Nostalgia". Sacramento, California. The Sacramento Bee. p. A19. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "New Southern Pacific Depot Completed at Los Altos". Daily Palo Alto Times. Palo Alto, California. May 21, 1913. p. 4. Retrieved September 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vasona Line service now dead issue". Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer. Los Gatos, California. May 4, 1964. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Fortney, Mary T. (August 15, 1985). "Slow-moving train". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California. p. A-3. Retrieved September 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cywinski Jackson, Bohlin (February 16, 2017). "Voyageur du Temps". Architect Magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
