Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depot (Los Lunas, New Mexico)

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depot
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Location New Mexico State Road 314, Los Lunas, New Mexico
Coordinates 34°47′42″N106°44′20″W / 34.795027°N 106.738934°W / 34.795027; -106.738934
Arealess than one acre
Built1879
Architect Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
NRHP reference No. 79001562 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 1, 1979

The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depot in Los Lunas, New Mexico was built in 1879. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

It an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad station no longer in use, now located on New Mexico State Road 314, which formerly was the routing of U.S. Route 85, about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south of its intersection with Highway 6. The depot was moved in 1976 to its current location. [2]

It is notable as one of the oldest depots in New Mexico, and is the oldest in the state of its standard type used by the A.T. & S.F. throughout the late 1800s. [2]

Originally it was 118.5 feet (36.1 m) long. Its freight room was expanded in 1886 and then shortened by 30 feet (9.1 m) in 1942. [2]

Signage in 2016 indicates it is currently a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Ellen Threinen (May 11, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Depot". National Park Service . Retrieved July 27, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1978
  3. Google Streetview, accessed July 2019, indicates imagery from 2016.
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