Goleta Depot

Goleta Depot
Goleta Depot, 2006.
Location 300 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA
Coordinates 34°26′32″N 119°51′10″W / 34.44222°N 119.85278°W / 34.44222; -119.85278Coordinates: 34°26′32″N 119°51′10″W / 34.44222°N 119.85278°W / 34.44222; -119.85278
Built 1901
Architect Southern Pacific Railroad
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference # 01001457 [1]
Added to NRHP January 18, 2002

Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking Los Angeles and San Francisco.[2] It is a Southern Pacific standard design Two Story Combination Depot No. 22.[3] The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources and is the centerpiece of the South Coast Railroad Museum.

Southern Pacific closed its Goleta station in the 1970s. Eventually, Goleta Beautiful, a civic organization, obtained rights to the abandoned building which was moved on Nov. 18-19, 1981 to nearby Lake Los Carneros County Park. The park is the site of historic Stow House and Lake Los Carneros with walking trails and bird watching. The station was rehabilitated and restored, reopening in Oct. 1982. At first, the station also housed three local nonprofit organizations, the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, Institute for American Research and Santa Barbara Audubon Society in addition to the museum, in a form of adaptive reuse. Today, the entire building serves as the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Myrick, David F. (1987). “Santa Barbara County Railroads: A Centennial History,” Noticias 33: 22-71.
  3. ↑ Bender, Henry E., Jr. (2013). Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Berkeley and Wilton, California: Signature Press. pp. 133, 138–140. ISBN 9781930013339.
  • 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.
  • 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.


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