{"nrhp_refnum":"90001120","name":"Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot","other_names":["Depot Restaurant"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1801 Ave. G","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.57867149800006,"lon":-101.84277096099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-story brick and limestone railway depot at 1801 Avenue G, just south of downtown Lubbock, Texas, built in 1928 for the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Company and designed by architect Wyatt C. Hedrick.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is significant for its role in Lubbock's transportation history as the terminus of a late 1920s Burlington System railroad expansion into the South Plains. It is also significant as a Spanish Renaissance Revival design by Wyatt C. Hedrick that echoed the style of the Texas Technological College campus. It is described as the largest and most elaborate depot on the new line.","narrative":"Built in 1928, this railway depot on Avenue G just south of downtown Lubbock served the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway, a Burlington System line that reached Lubbock as the end of a 204-mile branch network. Architect Wyatt C. Hedrick of Fort Worth gave it a Spanish Renaissance Revival design, with a limestone base, light tan brick walls, a red clay barrel tile roof, carved stone entrances and Mission-style parapets. The look echoed the buildings of Texas Technological College and reflected the civic pride of a city that grew 408 percent in the 1920s. The railroad called it the most beautiful on the line. It handled passengers and freight until the company abandoned it in 1953, after which it became a warehouse and salvage yard. A 1973-1976 remodeling and later additions converted it to a restaurant while preserving much of its exterior and interior detail.","period_of_significance":"1928-1940","architect_builder":"Wyatt C. Hedrick, Architect","architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival (described in the text as Spanish Renaissance Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1973-1976 and later expanded; now in use as a restaurant (The Depot Restaurant) after the railway abandoned it in 1953 and it served as a warehouse and salvage yard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.174609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/9728/40972892/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001120.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001120/b1ea204a9f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001120/b1ea204a9f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Fredlyfish4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Worth_and_Denver_South_Plains_Railway_Depot_2013.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Fredlyfish4</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:Fort_Worth_and_Denver_South_Plains_Railway_Depot_2013.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972892","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000843"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/fort-worth-and-denver-south-plains-railway-depot-90001120/"}