Colorado Springs station

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Colorado Springs
Former AT&SF passenger rail station
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot.jpg
Colorado Springs station in 2018.
General information
Location555 East Pikes Peak Avenue., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
History
Rebuilt1917
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Breed
toward Denver
Denver Branch Skinners
toward La Junta
Denver
Terminus
Denver Branch
Major stations
Pueblo
toward La Junta
Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station
Fountain
toward Ogden
Royal Gorge Route Roswell
toward Denver
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot
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Location555 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 38°49′58″N104°48′49″W / 38.83278°N 104.81361°W / 38.83278; -104.81361
Area7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1917
Architect E. A. Harrison
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
NRHP reference No. 79000597 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1979

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot or Santa Fe Station in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a historic railway station. The grand depot and Harvey House was built in 1917 as a joint Santa Fe/Colorado and Southern Railway facility. In 1972, the Santa Fe tracks through Colorado Springs were removed and rail operations were consolidated on the former Rio Grande trackage on the west side of town. The depot and the nearby express building (later used as a freight house) now serves as Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation.

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The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It was deemed "significant for its architectural features and for the role it played in rail transportation in Colorado." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Michael F. Stanley (January 15, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot". National Park Service . Retrieved September 18, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1979