Pacific Electric Building

Pacific Electric Building
Pacific Electric Building, 2009
General information
Location610 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, California
Operated byPacific Electric (1905–1958)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (1958–1961)
ConnectionsLos Angeles Railway
History
OpenedJanuary 15, 1905 (January 15, 1905)
ClosedApril 9, 1961 (April 9, 1961)
Key dates
2005converted to housing and retail
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Vernon Long Beach Terminus
7th & Main
towards Watts
Watts
Local
Vernon
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Dominguez
(discontinued 1958)
Amoco Air Line
(1909–1953)
Vernon Santa Ana
Vernon
towards Balboa
Balboa
Vernon
towards Clifton
Redondo Beach via Gardena
(1911–1940)
Vernon
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Gardena
(discontinued 1940)
Vernon
towards Fullerton
Fullerton
Vernon
towards Yorba Linda
La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda
Beverly & Glendale Glendale–Burbank
(until 1925)
Terminus Pasadena Short Line
(discontinued 1951)
Echandia
towards Pasadena
Pasadena via Oak Knoll
(1906–1950)
Monrovia–Glendora
(discontinued 1951)
Echandia
towards Glendora
Alhambra–San Gabriel Line
(discontinued 1941)
Echandia
towards Temple City
Upland–San Bernardino Echandia
Riverside–Rialto
(1931–1938)
Echandia
towards Riverside
Redlands Echandia
towards Redlands
Whittier Echandia
towards Whittier
South Pasadena
Local
5th & Main
Annandale
(discontinued 1928)
Echandia
towards Annandale
Pacific Electric Building
Pacific Electric Building is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Pacific Electric Building
Pacific Electric Building is located in California
Pacific Electric Building
Pacific Electric Building is located in the United States
Pacific Electric Building
Coordinates34°02′42″N 118°15′00″W / 34.04495°N 118.2499°W / 34.04495; -118.2499
Built1905
ArchitectThornton Fitzhugh
Architectural styleBeaux Arts, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.09000180
LAHCM No.104
Added to NRHPApril 9, 2009[1]

The historic Pacific Electric Building (also known as the Huntington Building, after the railway’s founder, Henry Huntington, or simply 6th & Main), opened in 1905 in the core of Los Angeles as the main train station for the Pacific Electric Railway, as well as the company's headquarters; Main Street Station served passengers boarding trains for the south and east of Southern California. The building was designed by architect Thornton Fitzhugh. Though not the tallest in Los Angeles, its ten floors enclosed the greatest number of square feet in any building west of Chicago for many decades. Above the train station, covering the lower floors, were five floors of offices; and in the top three was the Jonathan Club, one of the city's leading businessmen's clubs introduced by magnates from the Northeast.[a] After the “Great Merger” of Pacific Electric into Southern Pacific Railroad in 1911, the PE Building became the home of Southern Pacific in Los Angeles. In 1925, a second electric rail hub, the Subway Terminal, was opened near Pershing Square to serve the north and west.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#09000180)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Pacific Electric Railway Terminal at Los Angeles". Transit Journal. 50 (8): 308. 1917. Retrieved September 6, 2021.


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