Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot

Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot
Location 150 Central Valley Hwy., Shafter, California
Coordinates 35°30′18″N 119°16′35″W / 35.50500°N 119.27639°WCoordinates: 35°30′18″N 119°16′35″W / 35.50500°N 119.27639°W
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1917
Built by Santa Fe Railroad
Architectural style Standard Combination Frame
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 82002187[1]
Added to NRHP January 19, 1982

The Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot is a former Santa Fe Railroad station located at 150 Central Valley Highway in Shafter, in the southern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County, California. [2]

History

The station was built in 1917 to serve Shafter, which was at the time a small farming community. [2]

The building's design followed the "standard combination freight depot" Number 2-A plan developed by Santa Fe Railroad engineers in 1911. The design originally included a porch supported by columns, a ticket office, a waiting room, a freight room, and a baggage room. [2]

In 1938, the porch was enclosed and became the new waiting room so the inside of the station could be used for office space, which was needed to handle increased freight service. [2]

The Santa Fe Railroad closed the station in 1978. [2]

Museum

The Shafter Historical Society bought it in 1979 and relocated in in 1980. The station now functions as the historical society's Shafter Depot Museum.[3] [2]

The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1982.[1]

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Preceding station   Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe   Following station
toward Oakland
Oakland Barstow
toward Barstow