The El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot is a former passenger train station in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. It is a one-story, red-brick structure with a red-tile roof and wide, overhanging eaves designed by E. M. Tucker, Chief Engineer of the Missouri Pacific, in the Mission architectural style.

El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot
El Dorado station is located in Kansas
El Dorado station
El Dorado station is located in the United States
El Dorado station
Location430 N. Main St., El Dorado, Kansas
Coordinates37°49′18″N 96°50′57″W / 37.82167°N 96.84917°W / 37.82167; -96.84917
Built1918
ArchitectE. M. Tucker
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.94000429[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1994

History

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Constructed in 1918, the depot served the Missouri Pacific Railroad, on a freight-passenger line that ran east from Wichita to El Dorado then on to Eureka Yates Center, Durand, Iola, Moran, Bronson, and Ft. Scott.[2][better source needed]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "The big and little MoPac depots at El Dorado, KS".
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 11, 2010.