Kingman Santa Fe Depot

Coordinates: 37°38′30″N 98°06′42″W / 37.64163°N 98.11179°W / 37.64163; -98.11179
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Kingman Santa Fe Depot
Brick structure in 2017
Kingman Santa Fe Depot is located in Kansas
Kingman Santa Fe Depot
Location201 East Sherman, Kingman, Kansas
Coordinates37°38′30″N 98°06′42″W / 37.64163°N 98.11179°W / 37.64163; -98.11179
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectAtchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe RR Co.
Architectural styleMission Revival
MPSRailroad Resources of Kansas MPS
NRHP reference No.01001091[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 2001

The Kingman Santa Fe Depot, or Kingman AT&SF Depot, is a former railway station in Kingman, Kansas. It is located at 201 East Sherman Street, which parallels the railroad tracks.[2] The station building was opened in 1910 as a passenger depot for the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway.[1][3]

Kansas Memory noted that "the one-story 'county seat' style depot built between 1910-11 features a gabled roof with a operators' bay and an enclosed freight room and a waiting room. At the top of the freight room are the Santa Fe emblems which are commonly associated with a county seat depot."[4] The building is noted as being relatively long, at 120 feet (37 m) in length.[2]

It is listed as a museum in the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory, with .4 acres (0.16 ha) and alternate name Kingman At&Sf Depot (meaning Kingman Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot).[3]

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[4]

Description[edit]

The Mission Revival-style depot building is one story, and of brick construction with an overhanging gabled ceramic tile roof. The structure also has elements of the Prairie and Craftsman style of architecture. It features a covered outdoor waiting room, and two indoor waiting rooms, one for women and the other for men. The main hallway has 14 foot high ceilings that are barrel-arched and supported by interior pilasters.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Dean Wolfenbarger; Anita Cheatum (December 19, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kingman Santa Fe Depot / The Depot" (PDF). Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved March 1, 2022. Note that 10 photos from 2000 which were part of the submission are not included in this PDF file from KHS.
  3. ^ a b "Kansas Historic Resources Inventory: Kingman Santa Fe Depot". Retrieved December 24, 2022. Includes five photos.
  4. ^ a b "Kansas Memory: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Kingman, Kansas". Retrieved December 24, 2022.