Elmhurst began in 1865, when a railroad station was constructed by the
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad. Originally named "Jones", the station was renamed "Elmhurst" in 1869.
Chevrolet opened an auto assembly plant in Elmhurst in 1915, called
Oakland Assembly which shut down in the 1960s. Elmhurst was the site of one of the large carbarns for the
Key System's streetcars, the Elmhurst Carhouse. The carhouse was located on East 14th (International Blvd.), on the southern half of the block bounded by 94th and 96th avenues and Holly Street. It was closed on June 29, 1932, its operations being consolidated at the Key System's Central Carhouse near Lake Merritt. ==See also==