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Palmer Depot

Coordinates: 61°36′24″N 149°6′34″W / 61.60667°N 149.10944°W / 61.60667; -149.10944
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Palmer Depot
Palmer Depot is located in Alaska
Palmer Depot
LocationAK 1, Palmer, Alaska
Coordinates61°36′24″N 149°6′34″W / 61.60667°N 149.10944°W / 61.60667; -149.10944
Arealess than one acre
Built1935 (1935)
NRHP reference No.78000530[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1978

The Palmer Depot is a historic train station at South Valley Way and Evergreen Avenue in Palmer, Alaska. It is a large three-section single story frame structure, built in 1935 to provide transportation services to the newly-established Matanuska Valley Colony. The main section is the former warehouse, which is 94 feet (29 m) long. The next section, with a lower profile than the warehouse, housed baggage facilities, a passenger waiting area, and living quarters for the station agent. The third section, the smallest of the three, houses the former ticketing office.[2] The building now houses a community center.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Palmer Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  3. ^ "Palmer Community Center". City of Palmer. Retrieved 2015-01-24.