Lovelock station
Lovelock, NV | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Lovelock station in June 2014. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1005 West Broadway Avenue, Lovelock, Nevada 89419 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | May 11, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Pacific Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1005 W. Broadway Ave., Lovelock, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°10′47″N 118°28′22″W / 40.17972°N 118.47278°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Brown, Arthur; Central Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 04000300 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Central Pacific Railroad Depot in Lovelock, Nevada was erected in 1880 in the Stick style or Eastlake style, functioning as the principal point of access to the town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The building was originally located on the northeast corner of West Broadway Avenue and Main Street, but was moved by the town in 1999 to its present site across Broadway Avenue.[2]
The building consists of two wood frame sections; a 1½ story section to the south comprising the baggage room, and a two-story section to the north containing the passenger waiting room, agent's office and agent's quarters. Both portions are extensively detailed with finials, braces, brackets and flat board trim. The depot was built to the Central Pacific Railroad's "Combination Depot #2" design, the only example of its type in Nevada, but one of six built on the Central Pacific system. None of the other five examples is known to have survived.[2]
The station was a regular stop for transcontinental train traffic, and was expanded in 1917. The Amtrak California Zephyr stopped at the station until May 11, 1997.[3]: 134 When what was now the Union Pacific Railroad announced plans to tear the depot down in 1998 the City of Lovelock expressed interest in the building. That year the railroad donated the building to the city along with $42,500, the projected cost of demolition.[4] The town moved it from railroad property, completing a restoration in 2000,[2] with help from prison labor. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] The depot is leased to private retail businesses.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Bedeau, Michael A. (February 6, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Central Pacific Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253027931.
- ^ a b "Railroad Depot". City of Lovelock. 2004. Archived from the original on 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
External links
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- Railroad Depot — City of Lovelock
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1880
- Queen Anne architecture in Nevada
- Buildings and structures in Pershing County, Nevada
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
- Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in Nevada
- National Register of Historic Places in Pershing County, Nevada
- Former Amtrak stations in Nevada
- 1880 establishments in Nevada
- 1997 disestablishments in Nevada
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1997