{"nrhp_refnum":"01000332","name":"Susanville Railroad Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"461 Richmond Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Susanville","county":"Lassen County","state":"CA","lat":40.41146199100007,"lon":-120.65978383999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad passenger depot at 461 Richmond Road in Susanville, Lassen County, California, built in 1927 as an addition to a 1913 station on the Southern Pacific's Fernley and Lassen Branch.","why_significant":"The depot is significant under Criterion A in the area of transportation as one of the few remaining reminders of the railroad's role in the economic and social development of Susanville and Lassen County. It was built in response to growing lumber and box shipping from nearby mills. It retains a high degree of integrity in location, setting, design, materials and workmanship.","narrative":"Built in 1927 at 461 Richmond Road in Susanville, this stucco-clad railroad depot sits on a concrete foundation and measures about 72.5 by 28 feet. It was added to an earlier 1913 station, which burned in 1989. The interior held a waiting room, ticket office and express office, and many original features survive, including coved ceilings, wainscoting and pine cabinetry. The depot served the Southern Pacific's Fernley and Lassen Branch, which carried freight from 1913 to 1956 and passengers until 1933. Nearby lumber and box mills relied on the line, and the depot reflects the railroad's part in the area's growth. Southern Pacific closed its agency in 1979, and the building later sat vacant and was nearly burned in a firefighting exercise in 1987. Local citizens saved it, and restoration finished in 1994. It now serves as a museum, visitor center and trailhead for the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, and it remains on its original site.","period_of_significance":"1927-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored 1993-1994 and now in use as a visitor center, museum, community venue and headquarters of the Lassen Land and Trails Trust; described as in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.382814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01000332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000332/ba6b44e040-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000332/ba6b44e040-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Finetooth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Susanville_Railroad_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Finetooth</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Susanville_Railroad_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858901","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanville_Railroad_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97162746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/lassen-county/susanville-railroad-depot-01000332/"}