USA Train Station Refurbs

Alan B. Scrivener

These are all the train station buildings in the U.S.A. that I have seen in person (that I remember). There are 37.

One — Albuquerque — is gone (burned down), but rebuilt; three — Del Mar, Needles and Redlands — are abandoned or nearly, and the rest have all been refurbed and reused.

One preservationist said that the way to preserve a building is to use it.

Links

www.greatamericanstations.com

Stations

(Sorted by latitude.)

photo name lat/lon where built abandoned refurbed use now url
South Station Boston 42.352021, -71.055128 Boston, MA 1899 1961 1989 railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Station
Westborough Station,
Boston and Worcester Railroad (B&W)
42.271989, -71.610135 Westborough, MA 1899 1975 2000/2016 civil engineering offices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westborough_station
Worcester Union Station42.261230, -71.794923 Worcester, MA 1911 1972 1999 railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Worcester,_Massachusetts)
Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot 40.769347, -111.903027 Salt Lake City, UT 1908 1986 2001 Gateway Mall, railroad offices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Union_Pacific_Depot
Grand Central Terminal40.752661, -73.975877 New York, NY 1913 [N/A] 1994-2000 railroad station, retail, restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal
Union Station Washington DC 38.897414, -77.006267 Washington, DC 1908 1945 1988 railroad station, retail https://www.unionstationdc.com/History-of-Union-Station/
Menlo Park Station 37.454793, -122.182580 Menlo Park, CA 1867 < 1966 ???? chamber of commerce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_Park_station
San Jose Diridon Station (Cahill Depot) 37.329938, -121.902502 San Jose, CA 1935 [N/A?] 1994 Amtrak station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose_Diridon_station
Santa Fe Depot (Oklahoma City) 35.465343, -97.512818 Oklahoma City, OK 1934 1979 1999 railroad station, adjacent Bricktown retail & restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Depot_(Oklahoma_City)
Williams Depot 35.251269, -112.191240 Williams, AZ 1885 1969 1989 railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Depot
Flagstaff Station 35.197286, -111.649139 Flagstaff, AZ 1926 [N/A] ???? railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagstaff_station
Kingman Railroad Depot 35.188235, -114.052500 Kingman, AZ 1907 2000? 2011 railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman_station
Alvarado Transportation Center Albuquerque 35.082033, -106.647801 Albuquerque, NM [station] 1880s / [Alvarado Hotel Harvey House] 1902 1970 [hotel demolished] / 1993 [staion burned] 2002 [new] transportation hub https://www.riometro.org/stations/downtown-albuquerque
Kelso Depot 35.012135, -115.653229 Kelso, CA 1905 1964/1985 2002 Visitor Center of the Mojave National Preserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelso_Depot
Casa del Desierto Railroad Depot (Barstow Harvey House) 34.904885, -117.024749 Barstow, CA 1911 1973 2000 railroad station; RR museum; Route 66 museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barstow_Harvey_House
El Garces Hotel (Needles Harvey House) 34.840000, -114.604444 Needles, CA 1906 1958? 2016 Amtrak waiting room / [unused] http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/needles.htm
Santa Anita Depot 34.139607, -118.053044 Arcadia, CA 1890 ???? 1970 museum https://www.arboretum.org/explore/historic-structures/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Arboretum_and_Botanic_Garden#Santa_Anita_Depot

San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot 34.104244, -117.309757 San Bernardino, CA 1918 1970 2002+ San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum, train station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_Santa_Fe_Depot
Historic Redlands Train Station (Redlands Santa Fe Depot) 34.058864, -117.183230 Redlands, CA 1910 1938 2009+ [unused] https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2013/12/being-restored-santa-fe-depot-redlands.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlands_Santa_Fe_Depot_District

Union Station Los Angeles 34.056141, -118.236518 Los Angeles, CA 1939 [N/A] [N/A] railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Los_Angeles)
Santa Fe Depot La Habra 33.929647, -117.946868 La Habra, CA 1923 1964? 1977 Children's Museum of La Habra http://www.lhcm.org/374/Mission-History
Fullerton Union Pacific Depot 33.868915, -117.923848 Fullerton, CA 1923 late 1970s 1980 [moved] Old Spaghetti Factory
[also 2 other stations on site]
http://www.trainweb.com/fullerton/history.html#sthash.kG62SXSM.dpbs
Orange Station (Santa Fe Depot) 33.788831, -117.857265 Orange, CA 1888 1964 1994 railroad station, Ruby's Diner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_station_(California)
Perris Depot 33.782611, -117.229383 Perris, CA 1892 1975 2007 Perris Valley Historical Museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perris_Depot
Santa Ana Regional Transit Center 33.751528, -117.856388 Santa Ana, CA 1939 1982 1985 (new building) transit center http://www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/sartc/
San Juan Capistrano Depot 33.501603, -117.663969 San Juan Capistrano, CA 1894 1966 1974/1995 restaurants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_Capistrano_Depot
Escondido Santa Fe Depot 33.124154, -117.083977 Escondido, CA 1888 1945 [passenger] / 1981 [freight] 1984 [moved] / 2016 [new roof] Escondido History Center http://escondidohistory.com/
Del Mar Train Station 32.961165, -117.267074 Del Mar, CA 1910 1995 [N/A] [unused] http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-12/news/mn-41957_1_del-mar
Lakeside Train Station 32.861474, -116.922786 Lakeside, CA 1889? 1916? [N/A] commercial shop http://sdrm.info/history/sdc/index.html
La Mesa Depot 32.764158, -117.020153 La Mesa, CA 1894 1954 1981 museum and offfice https://www.psrm.org/visitor-information/la-mesa-depot/
Dallas Union Station 32.776088, -96.807511 Dallas, TX 1916 [1969] 1983? railroad and transit station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Union_Station
Lemon Grove Depot 32.743360, -117.030824 Lemon Grove, CA 1895 1940 [torn down] 1986 [replica], 2012 trolley stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_Grove_Depot
Santa Fe Depot (San Diego) 32.716652, -117.169561 San Diego, CA 1915 [N/A] 2012 railroad station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Depot_(San_Diego)
National City Depot,
California Southern Railway
32.660205, -117.111480 National City, CA 1882 1930 1998 railroad history museum http://www.sdera.org/depot.php
Union Depot El Paso 31.757352, -106.495905 El Paso, TX 1906 1974 1982 railroad station, museum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Depot_(El_Paso)
Texas and Pacific Railway Depot Pecos, TX 31.427546, -103.496451 Pecos, TX 1881 1946? 2014? Pecos Chamber of Commmerce http://visitpecos.com/visit-pecos/destination/texas-and-pacific-railway-depot
Church Street Station (Old Orlando Railroad Depot)28.539800, -81.380586 Orlando, FL 1889 1926 1972? Sunrail station, adjacent nighclubs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Street_Station_(Orlando)

Last update: Tue Apr 24 12:42:14 PDT 2018