This beautiful Romanesque Style depot was built in 1887 to be the Missouri Pacific passenger depot. In 1973 it was serving as an office for a local manufacturing company. Source: Salina KS Historic Preservation Plan (
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Ironically, the address for this depot is 352 North Santa Fe Avenue. No love for the MoPac in a Santa Fe Town! ;)
JF1026 F 1 is on the west side window ledge :)
From the City of Salina KS Historic Preservation plan, some more information about this depot: (
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"SALINA REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
LOCAL LANDMARKS
352 North Santa Fe Ave (old Missouri-Pacific depot). Built in 1887, the depot served freight and passengers until the Union depot was built in 1912. Richardsonian Romanesque design of rough-cut native limestone is one of few in region. Site contains first geological survey benchmark. Structure designated in 1985."
From the NGS website: (
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JF1026 DESIGNATION - F 1
JF1026 PID - JF1026
JF1026 STATE/COUNTY- KS/SALINE
JF1026 COUNTRY - US
JF1026 USGS QUAD - SALINA (1978)
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JF1026 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
JF1026 ______________________________________________________________________
JF1026* NAD 83 POS- 38 50 50.54 (N) 097 36 31.78 (W) HD_HELD1
JF1026* NAVD 88 ORTHO HT - 373.247(m) 1224.56 (ft) ADJUSTED
JF1026 ______________________________________________________________________
JF1026
JF1026_MARKER: X = CHISELED CROSS
JF1026_SETTING: 35 = SET IN A MAT FOUNDATION OR CONCRETE SLAB
JF1026+WITH SETTING: PAVEMENT
JF1026_SP_SET: WINDOW SILL
JF1026_MARK LOGO: NONE
JF1026_STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
JF1026+STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION
JF1026_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS NOT SUITABLE FOR
JF1026+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - September 04, 2008
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JF1026 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
JF1026 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CGS
JF1026 HISTORY - 1947 GOOD CGS
JF1026 HISTORY - 1953 GOOD CGS
JF1026 HISTORY - 1986 GOOD NGS
JF1026 HISTORY - 20070111 GOOD NGS
JF1026 HISTORY - 20080904 GOOD GEOCAC
JF1026
JF1026 STATION DESCRIPTION
JF1026
JF1026'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1947
JF1026'AT SALINA.
JF1026'AT SALINA, AT THE OLD ROUGH STONE PASSENGER STATION OF THE
JF1026'MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD, NOW THE RAILROAD TRAFFIC
JF1026'OFFICE, 170.0 FEET NORTHEAST OF AND ACROSS SANTA FE AVE FROM
JF1026'THE H.D. LEE FLOUR MILL AND ELEVATOR, AT THE WEST WINDOW ON
JF1026'SIDE OF THE BOX OR BAY WINDOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
JF1026'BUILDING, 74.0 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF SANTA FE AVENUE, 2.5
JF1026'FEET ABOVE THE BRICK WALK AND PLATFORM, 1.4 FEET NORTH OF THE
JF1026'NORTH WALL OF THE BUILDING, THE HORIZONTAL LINE OF A CHISELED
JF1026'CROSS CUT IN THE CENTER OF THE WEST FACE OF THE STONE WINDOW
JF1026'SILL, SURROUNDED BY THE LETTERS USC AND GS BM.
JF1026
JF1026 STATION RECOVERY (1953)
JF1026
JF1026'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953
JF1026'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JF1026
JF1026 STATION RECOVERY (1986)
JF1026
JF1026'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986
JF1026'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JF1026
JF1026 STATION RECOVERY (2007)
JF1026
JF1026'RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 2007 (DRD)
JF1026'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
JF1026
JF1026 STATION RECOVERY (2008)
JF1026
JF1026'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2008 (RCF)
JF1026'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.