Santa Fe Building (Amarillo)
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| Santa Fe Building | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 900 S. Polk St Amarillo, Texas |
| Architect: | E.A. Harrison |
| Architectural style(s): | Late Gothic Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | August 22. 1996 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 96000939 |
The Santa Fe Building is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A.. It was completed in January 18, 1930 and had the regional offices of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company. The Amarillo office of the railroad company supervised more than 5,800 miles (9,334 km) of railroads. Brennan Construction Company of Amarillo and Dallas built the building from 1928 to 1930 with the original construction cost of US$1.5 million.[1]
The building was vacant more than a decade in the 1990s,[2] until Potter County bought it for $426,000 to gain new office spaces in 1995.[1] It was reopened in 2000, after Potter County approximately spent $14.1 million on renovating the building.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Lutz, Jennifer. "Renovated Santa Fe Building sparkles in debut", Amarillo Globe-News, August 6, 2000.
- ^ "Editorial: Rail Museum gathers steam", Amarillo Globe-News, July 31, 2006.
- ^ "Santa Fe Building opening ceremony Saturday", Amarillo Globe-News, July 30, 2000.
[edit] External links
- Santa Fe Building, Amarillo entry on Emporis
- Amarillo Globe-News tour of the renovated Santa Fe Building in 2000.
