Medford station (Oregon)

Last updated

Medford
Medford SP Depot - Medford Oregon.jpg
The station's exterior in 2013
General information
Location147 N. Front Street
Medford, Oregon [1]
Coordinates 42°19′39″N122°52′29″W / 42.327525°N 122.874703°W / 42.327525; -122.874703
History
Opened1883
Closed1955
Rebuilt1900, 1910
Original company Oregon and California Railroad
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Talent
toward Oakland Pier
Shasta Route Central Point
toward Portland
Medford Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
Medford OR - OpenStreetMap.png
Red pog.svg
Location in Medford, Oregon
USA Oregon location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Medford station (Oregon) (Oregon)
Area.54 acres (0.22 ha) [1]
Built1910
Built byR.W. Wakefield [1]
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad [1]
Architectural style Craftsman [1]
Part of Medford Downtown Historic District (ID98000949)
NRHP reference No. 96000629
Added to NRHPJune 3, 1996

The Medford Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot is a former rail station located in Medford, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Contents

History

The first station in Medford, located between 8th and Main, was constructed by the Oregon and California Railroad in 1883 as the temporary terminal until the road could be completed over Siskiyou Pass. It was replaced by a new station slightly to the south in 1900. The original depot building was loaded onto three flatcars over two days in June and transported to Talent, where it was repurposed as that town's station. [2]

Southern Pacific selected the location for a new station for Medford in January 1910; it would be located two blocks north of the city's former depot. [1] [3] The modern station opened to the public on October 28. [4] The 1900-built station was moved further south and repurposed as a freight depot. Passenger service ended in 1955. [5]

The 1910-built station building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1996. [6]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medford, Oregon</span> City and county seat in Oregon, United States

Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824, making it the eighth-most populous city in Oregon, and a metropolitan area population of 223,259, making the Medford MSA the fourth largest metro area in Oregon. The city was named in 1883 by David Loring, civil engineer and right-of-way agent for the Oregon and California Railroad, after Medford, Massachusetts, which was near Loring's hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. Medford is near the middle fork of Bear Creek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot</span> Historic train station in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot is a building on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Built in 1908–09, it dates back to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. As Salt Lake Union Pacific Railroad Station, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2024 it was repurposed as a hotel, Asher Adams, Autograph Collection, with the historic structure containing the hotel's lobby, restaurants, function rooms, and 13 luxury suites and a new building behind it containing 225 hotel rooms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portland Union Station</span> Train station in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Portland Union Station is a train station in Portland, Oregon, United States, situated near the western shore of the Willamette River in Old Town Chinatown. It serves as an intermediate stop for Amtrak's Cascades and Coast Starlight routes and, along with King Street Station in Seattle, is one of two western termini of the Empire Builder. The station is a major transport hub for the Portland metropolitan area with connections to MAX Light Rail, the Portland Streetcar, and local and intercity bus services. The station building contains Wilf's Restaurant & Bar on the ground level and offices on the upper floors. It also has Amtrak's first Metropolitan Lounge on the West Coast, which is reserved for first-class sleeping car and business-class passengers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheyenne Depot Museum</span> Railroad Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming

The Cheyenne Depot Museum is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. It is located inside the 1880s Union Pacific Railroad depot. A National Historic Landmark, the station was the railroad's largest west of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fullerton Transportation Center</span> Passenger rail and bus station in Fullerton, California

The Fullerton Transportation Center is a passenger rail and bus station located in Fullerton, California, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palo Alto station</span> Train station in Palo Alto, California, U.S.

Palo Alto station is an intermodal transit center in Palo Alto, California. It is served by Caltrain regional rail service, SamTrans and Santa Clara VTA local bus service, Dumbarton Express regional bus service, the Stanford University Marguerite Shuttle, and several local shuttle services. Palo Alto is the second-busiest Caltrain station after San Francisco, averaging 7,764 weekday boardings by a 2018 count. The Caltrain station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision and a nearby bus transfer plaza.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugene station (Amtrak)</span> Train station in Eugene, Oregon, United States

Eugene station is a train station in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak's Coast Starlight passenger train and is the southern terminus of the Amtrak Cascades corridor. The station is also served by the Cascades POINT bus service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salem station (Oregon)</span> Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon

Salem station is an Amtrak train station in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is served by Amtrak Cascades corridor trains going to and from Portland, Oregon, as well as the long-distance Coast Starlight. Greyhound Lines and some regional buses also stop at the station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nevada–California–Oregon Railway</span> Former railway line

The Nevada–California–Oregon Railway was a 3 ft narrow gauge railroad originally planned to connect Reno, Nevada, to the Columbia River. However, only 238 mi (383 km) of track were laid so service never extended beyond Lakeview, Oregon. Because of the company’s reputation for mismanagement, it was often called the "Narrow, Crooked & Ornery" railroad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Park Street station (Boston and Maine Railroad)</span> Former railroad station in Medford, Massachusetts

Park Street station is a former railroad station in Medford, Massachusetts. Constructed by the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1894, the building was abandoned in the 1930s, although passenger service continued to stop until 1957. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as Park Street Railroad Station. It is the only extant railroad station building in Medford.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Bank Depot Buildings</span> Historic buildings in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

The North Bank Depot Buildings, in central Portland, Oregon, United States, are a pair of buildings formerly used as a freight warehouse and passenger terminal for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S). Formed in 1905, the SP&S was commonly known as the North Bank Road during the period in which these buildings were in use. The Portland buildings' passenger facilities were also used by the Oregon Electric Railway after that railway was acquired by the SP&S. Located in what is now known as the Pearl District, the buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. They were in use by the SP&S and its successor, Burlington Northern Railroad, from 1908 until the 1980s. Only the east building was used as a passenger station, and this usage lasted from 1908 until 1931.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lebanon station (Oregon)</span> United States historic place

The Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is a former railway station located in Lebanon, Oregon, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed in 1908 for use by the Southern Pacific Company (SP), to replace an 1880 depot that had become too small for the amount of traffic it was handling. It is a Southern Pacific standard design, a One Story Combination Depot No. 23, which was intended to serve both freight and passenger traffic. The building ceased to be used by passenger services in the mid-1950s, after which it remained in use as a base for freight operations. The depot closed in 1985 and was then vacant for several years, until the City of Lebanon purchased it from SP in 1996. It was added to the NRHP in 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ontario station (Oregon)</span> Former railway station in Ontario, Oregon, United States

The Ontario station is a former train station located in Ontario, Oregon, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Oregon Short Line Railroad Depot. It was constructed in 1907 by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) for its subsidiary, the Oregon Short Line Railroad (OSL), to replace an 1885 OSL depot that had been located just to the south and had been a simple wood-frame structure. The building is made of concrete block cast to imitate stone, and with red brick trim and other ornamental features. The City of Ontario purchased the building from UP in 1996, but as of 1999 the land remained owned by UP and was being leased to the city. The station was added to the NRHP in 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corvallis station</span> United States historic place

The Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad Depot is a former railway station located in Corvallis, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed in 1887 by the Willamette Valley and Coast Railroad (WV&C), which since 1880 had been controlled by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company. That railroad went bankrupt in 1894 and was replaced in 1895 by the new Oregon Central and Eastern Railway, which was reorganized as the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad in 1897. The depot is also known as the Corvallis and Eastern Freight Depot (Corvallis).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hood River station</span>

The Hood River station is a historic train station in Hood River, Oregon, currently serving the heritage Mount Hood Railroad. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company Passenger Station. The station was built by the Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad, in 1911. Amtrak's Pioneer also used the station and nearby area from 1977 to 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakeview station (Oregon)</span> United States historic place

The Nevada–California–Oregon Railway Passenger Station is a historic train station in Lakeview, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1912 by contractor I. A. Underwood from plans by architect Frederic DeLongchamps. It was the northern terminus of the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway. The Southern Pacific Railroad company owned and operated the depot from 1928 until 1975, when it was closed. Since 1978, the building has been used as a law office and later a private residence. Because of its importance to local history, the depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fernley station</span> United States historic place

The Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot in Fernley, Nevada was built in 1914, and was the eastern end of the Fernley and Lassen Railway line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, 30 miles from Reno. Also known as the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters</span> United States historic place

The Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters is a complex of railroad-related buildings and infrastructure in the city of St. Albans, Vermont. Developed between the 1860s and 1920s by the Central Vermont Railroad (CVR), the complex is the largest assemblage of railroad-related buildings in Vermont. Located between Catherine and Pine Streets on either side of Lake Street, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Many of the buildings are no longer used for railroad functions, but the former Central Vermont Railway Office now houses the offices of the New England Central Railroad, and the present Amtrak station uses a former CVR building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NCO Railway Depot</span> United States historic place

The Nevada—California—Oregon Railway Co. Depot, commonly known as the N.C.O. Depot or The Whistle Stop, is a historic site in Alturas, California, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built 1908 to serve as the passenger station for Alturas on the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway. It has been home to the Alturas Garden Club since at least 1962.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glendive station</span> Montana train station

Glendive Depot is an office building and former train station in Glendive, Montana. The Northern Pacific Railway established the town in 1881 and opened the first depot in 1882. The present depot building was built in 1922 and is part of the Merrill Avenue Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kramer, George (October 16, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Medford Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2016..
  2. "City Happenings". The Medford Mail Fri. June 15, 1900. p. 7.
  3. "Start Work on $50,000 Depot in 10 Days". Medford Mail Tribune. January 13, 1910.
  4. "Medford Station Opens". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. October 22, 1910. p. 11.
  5. O'Harra, Marjorie (1985). Southern Oregon: Short Trips into History. Southern Oregon Historical Society. p. 156. ISBN   978-0943388069.
  6. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database , retrieved March 24, 2013