page_title: La Grande Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: La Grande Station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A nighttime view of the La Grande Station from the southeast. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (often abbreviated to "Santa Fe") opened La Grande Station on July 29, 1893. It was located at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Ave, just south of the First Street viaduct built in 1929, and on the west bank of the LA River. The Moorish-style depot cost $50,000 and for 30 years boasted a first-class restaurant called "The Harvey House." La Grande Station was the Santa Fe Railway's main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California, until the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. After the earthquake, the station's dome was removed, but the station continued to serve as Santa Fe Railway's LA passenger terminal until the opening of the new LA Union Station on May 7, 1939. When Union Station opened in 1939, Santa Fe moved all of its passenger services there and closed the La Grande station. Approximate date from postmark.
context_page_description: La Grande Station was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California, until the opening of Union Station in 1939.
  Heavy damage from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake meant the last operating years of the station were spent in a state of disrepair as portions of the building had to be removed for the safety of passengers. When Union Station opened in 1939, Santa Fe moved all of its passenger services there and the building was demolished in 1946.
context_section_description: Santa Fe opened La Grande Station on July 29, 1893. The station was unique for Southern California with its Moorish-inspired architecture.
  After the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, the station's dome was removed.  The station continued to serve as Santa Fe Railway's LA passenger terminal (sans dome) until the opening of the new LA Union Station on May 7, 1939.  The station was located at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Ave, just south of the First Street viaduct built in 1929 and on the west bank of the LA River.
caption: Station at night, about 1915
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