Ivy Substation
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| Address | 9070 Venice Boulevard Culver City, California |
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| Owner | City of Culver City |
| Operator | The Actors' Gang |
| Capacity | 99 |
| Opened | 1992 |
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Los Angeles Pacific Company Ivy Park Substation | |
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| Location | 9015 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°1′34″N 118°23′32″W / 34.02611°N 118.39222°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000155[1] |
| LAHCM No. | 182 |
| Added to NRHP | March 25, 1981 |
Ivy Substation (also known as the Ivy Park Substation or Culver Substation) is a 99-seat theatre in Culver City, California which formerly housed power equipment for the nearby electric railways and Ivy station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[2]
History
A single story, rectangular shaped building in the Mission Revival style, it was built in 1907 as a traction substation by Los Angeles Pacific Railway which subsequently became part of the Pacific Electric railway in 1911. Made of brick covered in stucco, the large interior once held old style rotary mechanical rectifiers to convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) to serve nearby streetcar and interurban lines: the Venice Short Line, Redondo Beach via Playa del Rey Line, and Santa Monica Air Line.[2]
It remained in service until 1953. The old equipment was removed and the building was purchased by the City of Los Angeles - but sat vacant for many years. In the 1990s, the Culver City Redevelopment Agency and the City of Los Angeles renovated the building to use as a community theater by the The Actors' Gang.[citation needed]
The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with the transportation history of Los Angeles as well as for its architecture.[2]
See also
- Culver City (Los Angeles Metro station), formerly Ivy station.
- Pacific Electric Railway Company Substation No. 8
- Pacific Electric Sub-Station No. 14
- List of Pacific Electric Railway lines
- Great American streetcar scandal
External links
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Los Angeles Pacific Company Ivy Park Substation". National Register of Historic Places.
- Theatres in Los Angeles County, California
- Pacific Electric Railway
- History of Los Angeles County, California
- Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places
- Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments
- Buildings and structures in Culver City, California
- Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California