John H Christie
Johann Heinrich Christiansen
German Empire
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Pacific Railroad | 1904 | 1947 |
Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Pacific Railroad | 1904 | 1947 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Architect | Southern Pacific Depot | San Jose | |||||
| Architect | Salem Southern Pacific Railroad Station | Salem | |||||
| 1878/04/01 | Johann Heinrich Christiansen is born. Johann will immigrate to the United States from Breklum, Germany in the mid-1880s. | Born | |||||
| 1904/00/00 | The Southern Pacific Railroad hires John H Christie as a junior draftsman where he will work under civil engineer John D Isaacs. | Work | |||||
| 1926/00/00 | John Christie is elected to membership in the American Institute of Architects. Christie was nominated by architects Albert John Evers, George Frederic Ashley and Sylvain Schnaittacher. | Work | |||||
| 1939/05/07 | Designed in a blend of Spanish Colonial, Mission Revival and Art Deco style now know as Mission Moderne, Union Station is completed for a reported $11 million and opens with a lavish, star-studded, three-day fiesta attended by a half million people. | Southern Pacific Chief Architect | Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal | Los Angeles | |||
| 1940/00/00 | The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Casa Grande, Arizona, is dedicated at 201 W Main Street. Designed by William Meaney, the Art Deco Pueblo Style building decorated with ornamental polychrome cement burned down in 2009. | Architect | |||||
| 1940/10/22 | The cornerstone is laid for Palo Alto Southern Pacific Station | Architect | Palo Alto Southern Pacific Railroad Depot | Palo Alto | |||
| 1942/01/00 | A remodel of the Southern Pacific Depot in East Bakersfield nears completion. Designed by John Christie and his SP San Francisco staff, the redesign removes detail to "clean up the building" into a wartime interpretation of the Late Spanish Revival style. | Architect | Southern Pacific Railroad Depot East Bakersfield | Bakersfield, CA | |||
| 1947/10/01 | After nearly 43 years with the Southern Pacific, John H Christie steps down as Chief Architect and establishes a private practice in Orinda. | Work | Southern Pacific Building | San Francisco |
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