Pacific Electric Building

Los Angeles, United States

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The Pacific Electric Building, completed in 1905 in downtown Los Angeles, served as the main terminal and headquarters for the Pacific Electric Railway. Designed by architect Thornton Fitzhugh in Beaux-Arts and Romanesque Revival styles, the ten-story structure was notable for enclosing more square footage than any other building west of Chicago at the time. Main Street Station on the lower floors accommodated passengers traveling to destinations in the south and east of Southern California, while five floors of offices and the prestigious Jonathan Club—a businessmen's organization established by Northeast magnates—occupied the upper levels. Following the Pacific Electric's merger into the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1911, the building became the Los Angeles home of Southern Pacific. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.