Echo Park in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center

Los Angeles

Reserve Center Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, 2017

1. Reserve Center Marker

Inscription. Designed as the largest enclosed structure without columns in the world by noted California architects Robert Clements & Associates, this Art Deco building, constructed between 1938 and 1941 by the WPA, is the largest and second-oldest Navy Reserve Center in the United States. It has served as the induction, separation, and training center for more than 100,000 sailors since World War II, as well as the filming site for countless motion pictures and television shows.

Erected 1987 by California State Parks, and U.S. Navy. (Marker Number 972.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Military • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Art Deco, the California Historical Landmarks, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists.

Location. 34° 4.156′ N, 118° 14.573′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Echo Park. It is on Stadium Way west of California Route 110, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1700 Stadium Way, Los Angeles CA 90012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: World Trade Center Monument (within shouting distance

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of this marker); First Jewish Site in Los Angeles (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jim Gilliam (approx. ¼ mile away); Gil Hodges (approx. ¼ mile away); Pee Wee Reese (approx. ¼ mile away); Duke Snider (approx. ¼ mile away); Walter Alston (approx. ¼ mile away); Don Sutton (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

More about this marker. The Reserve Center is now the Los Angeles Fire Department Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center. The parking lot is usually open during business hours, 7-4 Mon-Thu. The building is not open to the public.

Also see . . . Reserve Center. Then & now article, on the website of Atlas Obscura, which catalogs unusual travel destinations. (Submitted on August 30, 2018.)

Reserve Center and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, 2017

2. Reserve Center and Marker

Reserve Center image. Click for full size.

courtesy Google Maps, 2017

3. Reserve Center

Now a Fire Department training center. A 9/11 memorial is visible at left, with a column from the World Trade Center.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 942 times since then and 81 times this year. Last updated on April 5, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 29, 2018, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.