Utah Southern Railroad Depot

Utah Southern Railroad Depot
Location Approximately 813 N. 150 East (N of Union Pacific RR tracks), Lehi, Utah
Coordinates 40°23′51″N 111°50′42″W / 40.39750°N 111.84500°W / 40.39750; -111.84500Coordinates: 40°23′51″N 111°50′42″W / 40.39750°N 111.84500°W / 40.39750; -111.84500
Area less than one acre
Built 1873
NRHP Reference # 94000536[1]
Added to NRHP June 8, 1994

The Utah Southern Railroad Depot, located approximately at 813 N. 150 East in Lehi, Utah 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

It's 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 depot for 100 years (it closed in 1973), the depot also served as a telegraph office and dancehall."[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Alien Roberts and Martha Bradley (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" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photos
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