Lehi station (Utah Southern Railroad)
The Utah Southern Railroad Depot, located at 225 East State Street in Lehi, Utah, United States was built in c.1873. It has also been known as Oregon Short Line Railroad Depot, as Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Depot, and as Union Pacific Railroad Depot. All of these names refer to railroad companies that were subsidiaries or acquisitions of the Union Pacific Railroad that used this depot. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1994.[1]
Utah Southern Railroad Depot | |
Location | 225 E State St., Lehi, Utah |
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Coordinates | 40.3965319°N 111.8457563°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1873 |
NRHP reference No. | 94000536[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 8, 1994 |
Description
The depot is a plain two-story wooden structure, but as of its NRHP nomination, it was significant as "one of only two remaining depots from the earliest decade of Utah's railroad history. In operation as a railroad depot for 100 years (it closed in 1973), the depot also served as a telegraph office and dancehall."[2][3] It is "the second oldest standing depot west of the Mississippi [River]".[3]
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Roberts, Allen; Bradley, Martha (March 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Utah Southern Railroad Depot / Oregon Short Line Railroad Depot / Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Depot / Union Pacific Railroad Depot". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved August 18, 2018. and accompanying photos
- "Railroad depot serves as museum, historic landmark". Daily Herald. Provo, Utah: Ogden Newspapers. July 23, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2018.