The Redlands Area Historical Society, Inc.
Program Announcement
“Select & Surviving Depots in San Bernardino Co.”
Monday, January 22, 2024
7:00 p.m.
The Contemporary Club
173 S. Eureka Street, Redlands
Railroad enthusiasts will want to see this program of the Redlands Area Historical Society. Jean-Guy Dube will present “Select and Surviving Depots of San Bernardino County” in his January 22, 2024 presentation at the Contemporary Club, 173 S. Eureka Street at 7:00 p.m.
Dube is an author, historian and architectural draftsman, awarded the national Leicester B. Holland Prize for 2017 by the National Park Service and Library of Congress. Jean-Guy will speak about how Southern California experienced agricultural, land and real estate booms in the 1880s and the numerous railroad depots of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Pacific Electric that dotted the landscape of the county.
The presenter offers before and after photographs of the depots after modifications over the years. His enthusiasm captures the architecture of the period with descriptions that delight railroad lovers.
Historical Society programs are free and open to the general public. To register to attend the meeting in person or via Zoom please go to the following link: www.rahs.org/calendar
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