{"nrhp_refnum":"83003757","name":"Santa Fe Passenger Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"505 E. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gainesville","county":"Cooke County","state":"TX","lat":33.626412894000055,"lon":-97.14062553199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad passenger and freight depot at 505 E. Broadway in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, built in 1902 for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to plans by chief engineer C.W. Felt.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the depot as one of the least altered turn-of-the-century commercial buildings in Gainesville and as evidence of the city's role as a rail and commercial center in north-central Texas. It also housed a Fred Harvey restaurant and handled heavy livestock and passenger traffic in the early 20th century.","narrative":"Built in 1902, this long brick depot on East Broadway in Gainesville served the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. C.W. Felt, the railroad's chief engineer, drew the plans in 1901. The building runs about 212 feet along the tracks and is made of reddish-orange brick with sandstone sills and lintels. Its central two-story section held a Fred Harvey restaurant, with living quarters for waitresses above and boilers in the basement. Baggage, express and separate waiting rooms occupied the wings. Details draw on Queen Anne window styles and on Southwest mission-inspired parapets. Gainesville was an important shipping point linking the Midwest with the Gulf of Mexico, and the depot handled livestock and a dozen daily passenger trains. Traffic peaked again during World War II because of nearby Camp Howze. Passenger service ended in 1979, and the Santa Fe Railway deeded the depot to the city in 1981. It is described as one of the least altered commercial buildings of its era in the city.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"C.W. Felt, Chief Engineer, Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad","architectural_style":"Queen Anne-inspired window details with low curvilinear parapets reflecting Southwest mission interest","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Gainesville, which received it from the Santa Fe Railway in 1981; the form lists it as unoccupied and vacant, abandoned after Amtrak service ended in 1979.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.371858-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/9715/40971589/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003757.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003757/f52c070896-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003757/f52c070896-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Ron Reiring","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gainesville,_TX_train_station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Reiring</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gainesville,_TX_train_station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971589","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville_station_(Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5517245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/cooke-county/santa-fe-passenger-depot-83003757/"}