{"nrhp_refnum":"88002562","name":"Santa Fe Railway Freight Depot","other_names":["Orient Freight Depot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700 S. Chadbourne","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Angelo","county":"Tom Green County","state":"TX","lat":31.45468142800007,"lon":-100.43422215899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad freight depot at 700 S. Chadbourne in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, built in 1909-10 by the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad. It has a two-story red brick office section and a long one-story frame storage section.","why_significant":"The depot was built to match the nearby Passenger Station with similar brick and stone detailing. It is evidence of the importance of the railroad to San Angelo and of the city's role as a regional retail and wholesale distribution center. The reviewer found it architecturally and historically significant under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1909-10 by the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad, this freight depot at 700 S. Chadbourne in San Angelo combines a two-story red brick office section with a long one-story frame storage section. The office block is a simple gabled structure with boxed eaves, an offset entry with transom, two-over-two double-hung windows, and cast stone sills and lintels. A wooden loading dock runs the length of the storage portion, and its 20 bays have since been filled in with drop siding. The brick section is in good condition, while the frame section is in poor condition. The depot was designed to match the passenger station located several hundred yards down the track, sharing its brick and stone detailing. Reviewers found it significant for its architecture and its history. It shows how important the railroad was to San Angelo and how the city served as a regional retail and wholesale distribution center. The Santa Fe Railway used it after 1928.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (built by the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad)","architectural_style":"Vernacular warehouse","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The brick portion is in good condition and the frame storage section is in poor condition. The surroundings are described as a declining area. The Santa Fe Railway used the building after 1928.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.861898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/9702/40970239/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002562.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002562/263678e786-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002562/263678e786-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Angelo_September_2019_55_(Santa_Fe_Railway_Freight_Depot).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:San_Angelo_September_2019_55_(Santa_Fe_Railway_Freight_Depot).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970239","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001357"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tom-green-county/santa-fe-railway-freight-depot-88002562/"}