San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building

San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #146
San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building, 2008
Location	San Pedro, California
Coordinates
Architect	Irvine,B.; Los Angeles Harbor Dept.
Architectural style	Streamline Moderne
NRHP Reference #	96000392
LAHCM #	146
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 12, 1996
Designated LAHCM	17 September 1975

San Pedro Municipal Ferry Building is a former ferry terminal building located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California which houses the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. It was built in 1941 as a Works Project Administration project. Designed by B. Irvine in the Streamline Moderne style, the building was a working ferry terminal from 1941 to 1963. During those years, ferries transported thousands of passengers and vehicles to and from the canneries and military bases on Terminal Island. In 1963, the Vincent Thomas Bridge was completed connecting the mainland to Terminal Island, and there was no longer a need for ferry service. Accordingly, the ferry service was terminated. The terminal building on the Terminal Island side was demolished, but the building on the San Pedro side was used for many years as an office building by the Los Angeles Harbor Department. As the ferry building began to deteriorate, citizens of San Pedro sought to have it restored. They succeeded in having the building designated as a Historic-Cultural Monument (no. 146) in 1975, and starting in 1976 the building was renovated and converted into the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. The museum opened in 1979. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Both the exterior and interior of the ferry building were featured in the 1947 film The Street With No Name.

See also

• Los Angeles Maritime Museum
• List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
• List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Harbor area

External links

• San Pedro Chamber of Commerce
• Los Angeles Maritime Museum
• Dr. William Lee, "History of Los Angeles Maritime Museum," June 1989