The Atwater Tract Office is a historic train station located in

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. It was built in 1883, soon after

Atwater Village Atwater Village is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Los Angeles, California. Much of Atwater Village lies in the fertile Los Angeles River flood plain. Located in the northeast region of the city, Atwater Village borders Griffith Park and ...

had been settled, and served the city of Glendale from 1883 until its closing and demolition in 1922.

History

In 1868 an early developer of Los Angeles, W.C.B. Richardson, bought the area that would become Atwater Village and most of what is now modern-day Glendale for $51 (). The City of Los Angeles decided to run a rail line through Glendale so residents would have an easier commute to and from Los Angeles. After line was completed, the City of Los Angeles built a train station at Atwater Village, naming it for the village. The

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constructed their

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line adjacent to the station in the early 1900s. The Atwater Tract Office continued to serve the City of Glendale until 1922 when the city decided a larger station was needed to serve more passengers. In January 1922, the Atwater Tract Office closed and was demolished soon after. Droves of construction workers came to Glendale to build the new station and most of them took up residence in Atwater Village, claiming every remaining empty lot. In 1923, the new Glendale train station was completed. Most of the workers who built the new station continued to live in Atwater Village.

References

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