Picover station explained

Picover
Style:	Pacific Electric
Coordinates:	34.201°N -118.4968°W
Opened:	1917
Closed:	1938
Tracks:	1

Picover was a railway station on the former Pacific Electric Owensmouth Line. Now destroyed, it was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The name is of unknown origin.

History

Originally constructed for the community of Marian (later Reseda) in 1914, the station was moved to Sherman Way between Balboa Boulevard and Hayvenhurst Avenue in 1917. Still in what was a rural farming community at the time, a new vegetable packing building was constructed adjacent to the main depot in 1932. When the Pacific Electric service in the San Fernando Valley was truncated to Van Nuys in 1938, the station was moved to its last location adjacent to Bull Creek.^[1] PE received authorization to abandon the station in January 1951.^[2]

By the 1980s the building had been sold and was being used as an antique mall.^[3] It was made a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in January 1989.^[4] The building was destroyed in a fire in June 1990.^[5]

See also

• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the San Fernando Valley

Notes and References

1. News: Simon . Richard . Red Car Memorial : Amid Rail Controversies, Historic Trolley Station About to Be Declared a Landmark . 31 January 2021 . . 26 December 1988.
2. News: W. Valley Free Bus Service Approved . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . 4 February 2022 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . Newspapers.com . January 11, 1951 . 7.
3. News: Winn . Martina . 10 Antique Malls : Shopping Centers Concentrate on Heirlooms While Providing Some Old-Fashioned Fun . 31 January 2021 . . 19 November 1987.
4. News: Simon . Richard . Red Car Station Changed From Relic to Monument . 31 January 2021 . . 12 January 1989.
5. News: Kazmin, Amy Louise . Fire Destroys Valley's Last Red Car Barn : Streetcars: The small Van Nuys building, which was built in 1914, housed a collection of trolley-era memorabilia. . 31 January 2021 . . 5 June 1990.