Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot - Panhandle, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 20.480 W 101° 22.674
14S E 283896 N 3913491
Built 1928, last Brick Depot built in Texas.
Waymark Code: WM79Y0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2009
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Panhandle, TX was enjoying an oil boom and had a population pushing 2000 souls when this impressive brick depot was built in 1928. Santa Fe had plans for county seat depots that it "reused" at many locations over the first two decades of the 20th century, but by the 1920's, construction of new brick depots was infrequent enough that most new structures were system uniques. The only depot known to share common traits with Panhandle is the 1925-built depot 44 miles to the west at Canyon, TX.
After retirement, Panhandle's depot was covered into the city hall, and presented a well-kept appearance when its photograph was taken in 1986. 1986 Photo
THC Has a marker on the building. The text of that Marker:
The 1920s oil boom brought increased business to this railroad town, and a new depot was built here in 1928. The structure exhibits elements of the Prairie School, Mission, and Tudor styles of architecture. Prominent features include bracketed overhangs, stepped parapets, and cast stone window surrounds. One of the last brick depots built on the company's western lines, it was last used for passenger service in 1971. It became City Hall in 1985.