Pomona City Stables, Heritage building in Pomona, United States.
Pomona City Stables was a brick building completed in 1909 on White Avenue, just north of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. It was designed by architect Ferdinand Davis of Davis and Higgs and built at a cost of $6,000. Upon opening, it housed twenty-two horses owned by the city and a caretaker.
Built in 1909 by architect Ferdinand Davis, the stables served the City of Pomona as a facility for its working horses. The structure was a key part of urban infrastructure during the early twentieth century.
The stables embodied the era when horses powered city services and daily operations. They show how deeply early twentieth-century California towns relied on these animals for essential work.
The site is no longer accessible since the building was completely demolished in 2022. However, visitors can learn about the structure through historic photographs and archival records of the facility.
After the July 2008 Chino Hills earthquake, Pomona officials posted a sign at the entrance restricting access because of the building's dilapidated condition. Severe winter rains then caused parts of the stable walls to collapse in 2017, and the city demolished the structure entirely in autumn 2022.
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