. Inventory of the West End Street Railway Company . ^) About 135,592 square feet of land on which there is an electric car house withbrick dividing wall. The portion of this building that adjoins the property was built during 1897, and is of the regular frame construction withthe exception of the outside wall on that side, which is covered with fancy ironshingles. The other portion of the car house was originally two stables be-longing to the Cambridge Co.; these were altered during 1893 in such a man-ner as to adapt them for use as an electric car house. (See lower picture
. Inventory of the West End Street Railway Company . ^) About 135,592 square feet of land on which there is an electric car house withbrick dividing wall. The portion of this building that adjoins the property was built during 1897, and is of the regular frame construction withthe exception of the outside wall on that side, which is covered with fancy ironshingles. The other portion of the car house was originally two stables be-longing to the Cambridge Co.; these were altered during 1893 in such a man-ner as to adapt them for use as an electric car house. (See lower picture onpage #223 • ) When the addition of 1897 was built a new front was placed up-on this building, to correspond with the new part,and the waiting room, lobbies,and shops were all placed in the buildings nearest Mt. Auburn Place which were orig-inally shops of the Cambridge Co. All of the car house proper is in goodand the lobbies, shops, etc., are in fair condition. The two upper pictures on page # 223 show the buildings as they now appear. J. Car House 221 J Z m < MX AUBURN ST Car House Lot CAM BRIDGEArea 135592 Sq. Feet Scale, 75fh Oc+ober, 1897 <*- K
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