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Fernley station

Coordinates: 39°36′21″N 119°14′12″W / 39.60583°N 119.23667°W / 39.60583; -119.23667
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Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot
Fernley station is located in Nevada
Fernley station
Fernley station is located in the United States
Fernley station
Location675 E. Main St., Fernley, Nevada
Coordinates39°36′21″N 119°14′12″W / 39.60583°N 119.23667°W / 39.60583; -119.23667
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1914
Built bySouthern Pacific RR Co.
Architectural styleRailroad Patternbook
NRHP reference No.05000513[1]
Added to NRHPJune 1, 2005

The Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot, 675 E. Main St. in Fernley, Nevada was built in 1914, and was the eastern end of the Fernley and Lassen Railway line of the Southern Pacific, 30 miles from Reno, NV. Also known as Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

It is a 187-by-26-foot (57.0 m × 7.9 m) wood frame building of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's "Common Standard Station Plan #22" and is significant as a good surviving example of railroad pattern book architecture, and the only example of that specific plan surviving in Nevada. It was used as a railway station until 1985.[2]

The historic train depot was part of 112-mile Fernley and Lassen Railway, which joined the Red River Lumber Company in Westwood with the main line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, unifying the Southern Pacific Railroad’s system in Oregon, Nevada, and California and providing rail transportation to farming and ranching communities in northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rebecca R. Ossa (February 1, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fernley and Las sen Railway Depot - Fernley, Nevada / Southern Pacific Railroad Depot - Fernley, Nevada". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos
  3. ^ "Location Spotlight: Fernley Historic Train Depot | Nevada Film Office". nevadafilm.com. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Sparks Overland Route Hazen
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