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Casa Amarilla (in English: "Yellow House") was a railway station in the district of La Boca, Buenos Aires, built and operated by the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway. Its name was inspired on Irish Admiral William Brown's house, built in the same district and painted in yellow. Brown was one of the heroes of Argentine War of Independence leadering the Argentine Navy.〔(William Brown biography on Argentine Navy website )〕 ==History== In 1812, William Brown (who had arrived to the Río de la Plata three years later) bought a field in La Boca district at the South of Buenos Aires city. On those fields he built a house on Martín García Avenue. He moved there with his family in 1813 and the house would be soon nicknamed ''Casa Amarilla (White House)'' because of its color. In 1857 the Buenos Aires Province Legislature promulgated Law N° 147 that granted a concession to build a railway from Buenos Aires to Ensenada in La Plata Partido. The works were carried out by company Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway (BA&EP) that made its inaugural trip on September 1, 1865, with a 5-km length. It started in Central Station, placed along with Casa Rosada, running over Paseo Colón through a viaduct until it deviated to Casa Amarilla before crossing Riachuelo to Ensenada.〔(Estación Central on Arcón de Buenos Aires )〕 When the Buenos Aires Central Station was destroyed by fire in February 1897, the BA&EP moved its terminus to Venezuela station (placed on the junction of Paseo Colón and Venezuela) during a brief period of time before moving again to Casa Amarilla.〔("Las locomotoras del puerto de Buenos Aires" by Jorge E. Waddell )〕 In 1898 the BA&E acquired by rival company Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway that took over the line. The BAGSR closed Casa Amarilla station to passengers in 1910,〔("Barraca Peña: Crónica de destrucción y olvido", Norma Torello & Martín Scotto on Conexión 2000 )〕 although the station continued operating freight services. With the closing of Casa Amarilla, the BAGSR set Constitución station as new terminus for passengers. In 1923 Dutch company Royal Dutch Shell opened a fuel depot on the fields where Casa Amarilla had stayed.〔("Shell cumple 100 años en el país" on Shell Argentina website )〕〔("Shell festeja los 100 años de su llegada a la Argentina" ), Infobae, 9 Sep 2014〕〔("Shell cumplió 100 años" ), Cadena Entrerriana〕 The depot received and stored the tank cars sent from company's refinery in Dock Sud. On those fields also operated a tram terminus and a potatoes market (opened in 1946),〔(''Historia cronológica de la ciudad de Buenos Aires 1536-2014'' by Contreras, Leonel )〕 which was closed in the 1960s.〔(''La Comercializacion de Frutas Y Hortalizas a Nivel Mayorista en Buenos Aires'' ), CIDIA - Turrialba, Costa Rica (1987)〕 A replica of Admiral Brown's house was built near to its original location, being opened on June 22, 1983 to commemorate the 206° anniversary of Brown's birth.〔("La Casona del Almirante Brown 'Casa Amarilla'" by Mabel Crego )〕 The house currently hosts the Department of Naval Historic Studies and the "Instituto Browniano", apart of having a library and a room for multiple uses.〔("Casa Amarilla" on GCBA website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Casa Amarilla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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