The Downs station, nominated as the Downs Missouri Pacific Depot, is a historic railroad depot building at 710 Railroad Street in Downs, Kansas. The Missouri Pacific Railroad depot was located at a junction with lines radiating to Atchison, Lenora, and Stockton. The Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad completed the line from Atchison to Downs in 1879. However, this branch line better served the needs of the Missouri Pacific, which purchased the line in 1895. By the early 1900s, there were 18 trains a day serving Downs, which had a significant railroad presence with a ten stall roundhouse and associated railroad facilities. In 1916, the wooden depot burned down, necessitating the construction of the present brick depot.[1]
Downs Missouri Pacific Depot | |
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| Location | 710 Railroad Street Downs, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 39°30′09″N 98°32′36″W / 39.50250°N 98.54333°W |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001093[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 11, 2001[2] |
Passenger service to the depot lasted until at least 1959 with the station added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 11, 2001.[3][2]
References
edit- ^ a b Deon Wolfenbarger (November 18, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Missouri Pacific 1959 timetable" (PDF). Retrieved July 16, 2024.
| Preceding station | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Following station | ||
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| Nowhere toward Ottawa
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Ottawa–Lawrence | Vinland toward Lawrence
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| Preceding station | Missouri Pacific Railroad | Following station | ||
| Osborne toward Stockton
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St. Joseph-Stockton | Cawker City toward St. Joseph
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