{"nrhp_refnum":"70000760","name":"Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1601 Jones St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.749182476000044,"lon":-97.32407462999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick and white limestone railroad passenger station at 1601 Jones Street in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, built in 1899 by contractors David Smith and John Bardon for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad.","why_significant":"The depot is presented as a good example of turn-of-the-century Beaux Arts design, notable for the colorful horizontal banding of its ground level. It also reflects Fort Worth's growth and the importance of the railroads, and it was regarded as a monument to transportation progress in the Southwest.","narrative":"Fort Worth's Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Passenger Station, at 1601 Jones Street, is a two-story building of red brick and white limestone with a low hip roof of tile and parapet end gables. Contractors David Smith and John Bardon built it in 1899 after the city hired them for a new depot. Limestone courses create a striped first story, and round-arched openings, ornamental quoins and a diapered band add detail. Inside is a large two-story room with handpainted glass windows showing the evolution of transportation. The depot is considered a good Beaux Arts design of its era. Its construction was a civic celebration, as it was viewed as a monument to transportation progress in the Southwest. The railroad's arrival in 1881 and its later absorption into the Santa Fe system helped Fort Worth compete with Dallas. Presidents Eisenhower and Roosevelt passed through the station. Improvements and a new freight building were added in 1931 at a cost of $1,500,000.","period_of_significance":"1899","architect_builder":"David Smith and John Bardon (contractors)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and described as unaltered at its original site, though additions were made in 1931. The status section checks both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.937187-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/9734/40973490/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/70000760.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000760/69d585d581-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000760/69d585d581-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GulfColoradoSanteFeStation1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:GulfColoradoSanteFeStation1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973490","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth_Union_Depot_(1900%E2%80%932002)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5617367"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/gulf-colorado-and-sante-fe-railroad-passenger-station-70000760/"}