{"nrhp_refnum":"03000326","name":"Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, Panhandle","other_names":["Panhandle City Hall","Carson County Square House Museum storage"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"One Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Panhandle","county":"Carson County","state":"TX","lat":35.34109443800003,"lon":-101.37780677999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A long rectangular brick railroad depot at One Main Street in Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, built in 1928 in Mission Revival style for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.","why_significant":"It is nominated under Criterion A for its association with the railroad and its effect on settlement, commerce and industry in the Texas Panhandle. In 1926 oil discoveries near Borger made the Panhandle station one of the busiest on the Santa Fe system. It is also nominated under Criterion C as a distinctive example of Mission Revival design, one of the last brick depots on the Santa Fe's Western Line and large for a small town.","narrative":"Completed in 1928 at the south end of Main Street in Panhandle, Texas, this Santa Fe Railway depot is a long brick building in the Mission Revival style. It measures 203 feet by 42 feet, with red and green brick, terra cotta trim, stepped parapets and a green-shingled mansard around the passenger section. Inside, the original terrazzo floor and oak doors survive. The depot was designed by E. A. Harrison for the railway and built by the C. S. Lambie Construction Company of Amarillo. It replaced an earlier frame depot after oil discoveries near Borger sent freight volumes soaring; in mid-1926 the Panhandle station did more business than any other on the Santa Fe system except Chicago. Passenger service ended in 1971, but freight trains still pass the building. Since 1985 it has housed city offices, and the exterior has changed little. It is recognized for its role in Panhandle's railroad and oil-boom history and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1928-1952","architect_builder":"E. A. Harrison, architect for Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Illinois; C. S. Lambie Construction Company, builder, Amarillo, Texas","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Mission; Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"In use as Panhandle City Hall since 1985, with part of the freight room used for museum storage; the building is in very good condition and the adjacent tracks still carry freight trains.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.299073-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9714/40971485/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000326/b1ddaf3c94-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000326/b1ddaf3c94-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panhandle,_Texas,_City_Hall_IMG_0646.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Panhandle,_Texas,_City_Hall_IMG_0646.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971485","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/carson-county/atchison-topeka-and-santa-fe-railway-depot-panhandle-03000326/"}