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
^ abSchwieterman, 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. ISBN978-1-931112-13-0. OL8801889M.
