United Railways & Electric Company - Gay Street Carhouse
| United Railways & Electric Company - Gay Street Carhouse | |
|---|---|
| Site Information | |
| Address | 2313 E North Ave |
| Geo-reference | 39°18′44″N 76°35′07″W / 39.31233°N 76.58515°W |
| Design | |
| Architect | Theodore Wells Pietsch |
| Architecture Firm | Simonson & Pietsch |
| Construction | |
| Completed | Abt: 1908 |
Plans for the Gay Street Car House were designed and distributed by architects Simonson & Pietsch at the end of 1906. On October 3, 1908, the Street Railway Journal praised the Gay Street Car House: “Owing to the steep grades of the adjacent streets, the design had to overcome the sightly aspect of a long, low, squatty appearance, and the architects succeeded in introducing the corner second-story assembly room, and treating the same as a tower, which is well balanced and connected by the embattlements of the parapets.” The building covered an area of 37,000 square feet and was divided into three sections, the service section and two car houses, one with an entrance from Gay Street and the other with an entrance from North Avenue. Today, the building partially remains and was last occupied by an auto repair shop. Most of the building has been demolished.
