{"nrhp_refnum":"82002229","name":"Folsom Depot","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"200 Wool St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Folsom","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.67907468900006,"lon":-121.18066911399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-02-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A partly one- and partly two-story wood frame railroad depot at 200 Wool Street in Folsom, California, built in 1906 to a Southern Pacific Company standard plan, together with its adjacent tracks, three rail cars and the buried turntable foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is an early, intact example of small town railroad architecture and of standardized corporate design. It also marks the eastern terminus of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, the oldest railroad in California, laid out by Theodore Judah, and still retains the turntable site and the original depot-to-track layout.","narrative":"Folsom Depot is a railroad station at 200 Wool Street in Folsom, California, beside the Southern Pacific tracks. Built by 1906 from Southern Pacific Combination Plan #22, it is a gabled wood frame building, part one story and part two, clad in shiplap siding and shingles. The upstairs once housed the station master, while the rear held baggage and freight areas. Construction continued in stages to 1924, and fires in 1924 and 1930 were followed by rebuilding close to the original plan. The Southern Pacific donated the depot, 1.1 acres and three railroad cars to the city in 1970. Its significance rests on its intact standardized design and on its location at the eastern end of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, completed to Folsom in 1856 under Theodore Judah. The circular brick turntable foundation survives below ground, and the depot still sits where the original track layout placed it. It now serves as a museum and meeting hall.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Small town railroad architecture of the early 20th century, built from Southern Pacific Combination Plan #22","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a museum and meeting hall; owned by the City of Folsom since 1970 and fenced in 1975. Altered over time by fires in 1924 and 1930 and by later changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.886927-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/82002229.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002229/d1b82746d3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002229/d1b82746d3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vajrapanee","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Rail_Road_Depot,_Folsom,_Calif..jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Vajrapanee</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:Old_Rail_Road_Depot,_Folsom,_Calif..jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860588","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104235419"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/folsom-depot-82002229/"}