Santa Fe Railroad Depot (1899) - Fresno CA
Posted by: TheBeanTeam
N 36° 44.283 W 119° 46.941
11S E 251562 N 4069423
The Santa Fe Railroad Depot in downtown Fresno, is a Mission Revival style structure which has a tower, arched entries and a tile roof. The structure is listed on The National Register of Historic Places and still serves as an Amtrak Station.
Waymark Code: WM57QR
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2008
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Completed in 1899 as a station for the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad a Santa Fe subsidiary. It later became a Santa Fe Railroad passenger depot. The depot was designed by
William Benson Storey, Jr who went on to eventually become the president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The station was once the Santa Fe's Valley Division Headquarters, and was expanded or renovated nine times between 1908 and 1985. Source: Santa Fe Passenger Depot, Fresno.
In later years the depot was abandoned but a 7 million dollar restoration project in 2005 brought the depot back to life as an Amtrak California depot for Amtrak's San Joaquin's passenger train service.
Source: Johnson Architecture