Goleta Depot

Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California. It was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route (see Coast Line) linking Los Angeles and San Francisco (Myrick 1987).

Goleta Depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources.

Southern Pacific closed its Goleta station in the 1970s, leaving Goleta Depot closed and abandoned.

Eventually, Goleta Beautiful, a civic organization, obtained rights to the building and on Nov. 18-19, 1981, Goleta Depot was moved to nearby Lake Los Carneros County Park. There, it was rehabilitated and restored, reopening in Oct. 1982, as a museum and home to three local nonprofit organizations, the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, Institute for American Research and Santa Barbara Audubon Society (see Adaptive reuse).

Today, Goleta Depot is the centerpiece of the South Coast Railroad Museum (formerly Goleta Depot Railroad Museum).

See also

• Registered Historic Places in Santa Barbara County

References

• Bender, Henry E., Jr. (1998) “Southern Pacific Lines Standard Design Depots: Part 1,” SP Trainline 57: 11-26.
• Coombs, Gary B. (1982). Goleta Depot: The History of a Rural Railroad Station. Goleta Beautiful and Institute for American Research. Goleta, California.
• Lawler, Nan (1981). “Closing the Gap,” Railroad History, Bulletin 145: 87-105.
• Myrick, David F. (1987). “Santa Barbara County Railroads: A Centennial History,” Noticias 33: 22-71.
• Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 466–467.
• Sullivan, Steve (1986). “Goleta Depot: A Tribute.” In Those Were the Days: Landmarks of Old Goleta, edited by Gary B. Coombs, 35-44. Goleta, Ca.: Institute for American Research.
• Tompkins, Walker A. (1966). Goleta: The Good Land. Goleta, Calif.: Goleta Amvets Post No. 55.

External links

• Website of the South Coast Railroad Museum at Goleta Depot