Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot

Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot
Location 150 Central Valley Hwy., Shafter, California
Coordinates 35°30′18″N 119°16′35″W / 35.50500°N 119.27639°W / 35.50500; -119.27639Coordinates: 35°30′18″N 119°16′35″W / 35.50500°N 119.27639°W / 35.50500; -119.27639
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1917 (1917)
Built by Santa Fe Railroad
Architectural style Standard Combination Frame
NRHP Reference # 82002187[1]
Added to NRHP January 19, 1982

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]

History

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

The Shafter Historical Society bought it in 1979 and relocated in 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

References

Preceding station   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe   Following station
toward Oakland
Oakland Barstow
toward Barstow


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