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In the 1880s larger Los Angeles County was mostly agricultural. Land booms and real estate schemes developed Southern California. In 1889, the southeastern part of LA County split off to become Orange County. Numerous depots of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Pacific Electric dotted the landscape. In the 1920s through 1940s, the railroads re-imagined their depots along with a re-envisioned Southern California. We’ll look at the variety of diverse depot designs that served Orange County. We’ll also see the small handful that survive today, and how they are used.
Monday, March 28th, 2022 6:30pm to 8:00pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Admission is FREE RSVP appreciated!
Awarded the national Leicester B. Holland Prize for 2017 by the National Park Service and Library of Congress, author, architectural draftsman and historian Jean-Guy Dubé has researched and written about Southern Pacific depots since 1983. Mr. Dubé is author of “Railroad Depots: A Southern Pacific Collection” which features 48 black and white blueprint drawings he has created, spanning many decades, styles and subject matter. He is a listed architectural historian with the County and City of Santa Barbara and celebrates thirteen years with the architectural firm of Appleton Partners, LLP. He is a member of the Southern Pacific Historic and Technical Society and the Southern California Railroad Museum. Following the lecture, he will be glad to answer your depot related questions.
More information about Mr. Dube’s book and blueprints can be found on his Etsy store. etsy.com/shop/depotblueprints
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