Beverly Hills station

Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills
	The first Beverly Hills station, c. 1915–1920
General information
Location	Santa Monica Boulevard; Beverly Hills, California
Coordinates	34.072174°N 118.402449°W
Tracks	4
History
Opened	1896
Closed	1954 (passenger); c. 1960 (freight)
Rebuilt	1930
Previous names	Morocco
Original company	Pasadena and Pacific
Former services
Location

Beverly Hills refers to two railway stations in Beverly Hills, California. With the first constructed in 1896, they came to be served by the Pacific Electric and Southern Pacific railroads until the 1960s. The first station was demolished and replaced with a second across the street.

History

First station

The first station was built in 1896 as a stop on the Pasadena and Pacific Railroad. Initially called Morocco,[1] it was located on the southeast corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Cañon Drive.[2] Pacific Electric acquired the station as a result of the Great Merger of 1911 and began operating Red Cars here. The site was sold with the station demolished in 1930 to allow for construction of the Beverly Hills Post Office (later the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts).

Second station

A new station was built across North Cañon Drive, on the southwest corner with Santa Monica Boulevard. The Spanish Baroque-style building was designed by Harry G. Koerner.[3] All passenger service ended by September 1954,[4] and the station building was removed in the 1960s.[2] The final Southern Pacific freight train left Beverly Hills in 1986.[1]

References

Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2004). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Western United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. pp. 28, 30, 31. ISBN 978-1-931112-13-0.
Wanamaker, Marc (2005). Early Beverly Hills. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22, 120. ISBN 9780738530680.
"Architect Succumbs. H. G. Koerner Meets End Fourteen Hours After Testimonial Dinner". The Los Angeles Times. February 28, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved June 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 22. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.

External links

Beverly Hills Station 1943 at the Los Angeles Metro Transportation Research Library and Archive via Flickr

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[LeavesTown-1] Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2004). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Western United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. pp. 28, 30, 31. ISBN 978-1-931112-13-0.

[EarlyBH-2] Wanamaker, Marc (2005). Early Beverly Hills. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22, 120. ISBN 9780738530680.

[latimesobit-3] "Architect Succumbs. H. G. Koerner Meets End Fourteen Hours After Testimonial Dinner". The Los Angeles Times. February 28, 1935. p. 28. Retrieved June 8, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 22. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.