Sierra Madre, CA

Leonard Wynne of Memories of Sierra Madre, posted this picture the Sierra Madre Pacific Electric Depot.  The photo is taken in 1943.  

If at first glance, you're unable to locate where this depot may have been placed in Sierra Madre, take a look at the jacaranda trees behind and to its left.  

To better pinpoint its location, check out these photos by Steve Hyman with the Hotel Shirley behind the depot: 

Here is a 1947 photo of the depot decorated for Christmas: 

So these photos got me to searching a bit over the web . . . 

when I found this 1905 photo of a home named Carterhia after the owner's name, and this caption: 

Nathaniel Coburn Carter, the founder of Sierra Madre, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1840. In 1864 Mr. Carter married Annetta M. Pierce, a native of Lowell. They had five children: Mrs. Florence Carter Meade, Arthur N., Mrs. Julia Carter Henszey, Mrs. Anita Carter Gregory and Philip C. Carter. In 1870 Mr. Carter's failing health demanded a milder climate and he came to California, visited different sections of the country and returned east. He came back in 1872 and bought a portion of the Flores Ranch near San Gabriel. In 1874 Mr. Carter organized "Carter Excursions", bringing trainloads of people to California from all over the East and in 1881 he bought 845 acres of the Santa Anita Ranch from E.J. Baldwin, 150 acres from John R. Richardson and 108 acres from the Southern Pacific Railroad. Later when he had subdivided and sold much of the property he named the settlement "Sierra Madre." Carter built his own home on a beautiful site high against the mountains at the head of Baldwin Avenue. He had a great sense of humor, and hearing that Abbot Kinney had named his place just east of Eaton Canyon "Kinneloa," called his "Carterhia." Carter was one of the original incorporators of the Sierra Madre Water Company and of the Sierra Madre Library Association. He died in September, 1904, at the age of 64.; Cartherhia was built in 1882 and has been demolished.  Carterhia, the home of Nathaniel C. Carter in Sierra Madre.