{"nrhp_refnum":"88002561","name":"Santa Fe Passenger Depot","other_names":["Kansas City,Mexico and Orient RR Depot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700 S. Chadbourne","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Angelo","county":"Tom Green County","state":"TX","lat":31.453950406000047,"lon":-100.43505291699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick railroad passenger depot at 700 S. Chadbourne in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, built in 1909-10 for the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad.","why_significant":"The depot is described as one of the most architecturally and historically significant structures in San Angelo. It was built by the Orient Railway, the town's second rail connection, planned by promoter Arthur Stilwell. The line carried petroleum during the 1920s oil boom and helped make San Angelo a retail and wholesale center, and very few Orient Line structures survive in Texas.","narrative":"Built in 1909-10 at 700 S. Chadbourne in San Angelo, this two-story red brick depot served the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad at a cost of $65,000 and also housed the railroad's district offices. Its design shows Prairie School influence, with a bell-hipped tile roof, deep overhangs, street-side dormers, and a one-story canopy on square posts sheltering passengers and baggage on three sides. A projecting tower with a pyramidal roof held the dispatcher. The ground floor had separate White and Negro waiting rooms, a ticket office, baggage area, smoking room, and ladies parlor, with offices upstairs. Original doors and 12/2 windows remain, and cast stone trim accents the brick. The Orient line, promoted by Arthur Stilwell, aimed to link Kansas to Mexico's Pacific Coast and beyond. It struggled financially but carried petroleum during the 1920s oil boom and helped establish San Angelo as a regional trade center. Few Orient structures survive in Texas. The Santa Fe Railroad bought the line in 1928.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Prairie School influence","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as fair; the site is original.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.343883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/9702/40970237/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002561.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002561/d570c54084-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002561/d570c54084-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billy Hathorn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Angelo_Railroad_depot_IMG_4392.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Hathorn</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:San_Angelo_Railroad_depot_IMG_4392.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970237","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001356"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tom-green-county/santa-fe-passenger-depot-88002561/"}