The Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot is a former Santa Fe Railroad station located at 150 Central Valley Highway in Shafter, in the southern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County, California.[2]
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| Location | 150 Central Valley Hwy., Shafter, California |
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| Coordinates | 35°30′18″N 119°16′35″W / 35.50500°N 119.27639°W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Built by | Santa Fe Railroad |
| Architectural style | Standard Combination Frame |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002187[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1982 |
History edit
The San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad was built in the late 1890s and later became the Valley Division of the Santa Fe.
The station was built in 1917 to serve Shafter, which was at the time a small farming community.[2]
The building's design followed the "standard combination freight depot" Number 2-A plan developed by Santa Fe Railroad engineers in 1911. The design originally included a porch supported by columns, a ticket office, a waiting room, a freight room, and a baggage room.[2]
In 1938, the porch was enclosed and became the new waiting room so the inside of the station could be used for office space, which was needed to handle increased freight service.[2]
The Santa Fe Railroad closed the station in 1978.[2]
Museum edit
The Santa Fe Railroad donated the station to the Shafter Historical Society in 1979 which relocated it in 1980. The station now functions as the historical society's Shafter Depot Museum.[2][3]
The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1982.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Brewer, Christopher D. (July 2, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot". Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ^ Shafter Depot Museum
External links edit
- City of Shafter: Shafter Depot Museum — numerous images, and collections info.
- Photos from the NRHP nomination
| Preceding station | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Following station | ||
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| Wasco toward Richmond
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Valley Division | Bakersfield toward Barstow
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