{"nrhp_refnum":"05000856","name":"Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway","other_names":["The Interurban Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"901 E 15th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plano","county":"Collin County","state":"TX","lat":33.037763030000065,"lon":-99.91234843099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A combination passenger and freight interurban station with a brick substation and tower at 901 E. 15th Street in Plano, Collin County, Texas, built in 1907-08 for the Texas Traction Company (later the Texas Electric Railway). A restored 1911 rail post office car sits beside it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A in the area of Transportation at the local level. Interurban lines radiating from Dallas drove trade growth and prosperity in surrounding towns. The Plano station is one of a handful of surviving stations and is described as having the most architectural and historic integrity. Car 360 is the last remaining Texas Electric rail post office car.","narrative":"Plano's interurban station, at 901 East 15th Street, was built in 1907-08 as a combined passenger depot, freight stop and electrical substation for the Texas Traction Company, later part of the Texas Electric Railway. Fred A. Jones Company of Dallas designed and built it, with Stone and Webster of Boston as consulting engineers. The brick and wood building has a brick tower and a substation room that once held a rotary converter changing high-voltage alternating current into direct current for the cars. After electric service ended on December 31, 1948, the building served as a sign shop and a repair business before the City of Plano acquired it and restored it. Beside it stands Car 360, built in 1911 and converted in 1914 to a rail post office car, the last of its kind from the line. Interurban lines spurred regional trade and growth around Dallas, and this station is one of the few survivors, retaining unusual integrity. It now operates as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1908-1948","architect_builder":"Fred A. Jones Company, Dallas; Stone and Webster, Boston, consulting engineers.","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored and operated as the Interurban Museum, owned by the City of Plano and run by the Plano Conservancy since 2000.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.150364-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/9715/40971526/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000856.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000856/43286b53e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000856/43286b53e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interurban_Railway_Museum_October_2015_06.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interurban_Railway_Museum_October_2015_06.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971526","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plano_station_(Texas_Electric_Railway)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711250"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/collin-county/plano-station-texas-electric-railway-05000856/"}