{"nrhp_refnum":"92000013","name":"Southern Pacific Railroad Depot","other_names":["Site No. 139"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"500 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nacogdoches","county":"Nacogdoches County","state":"TX","lat":31.605158396000036,"lon":-94.65917986799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick former passenger depot at 500 W. Main Street in Nacogdoches, Texas, built about 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It sits beside the railroad tracks at the west end of the central business district.","why_significant":"The depot is a tangible link to the railroad era that shaped Nacogdoches' development in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also a unique, little-altered local example of Spanish Colonial Revival-influenced depot architecture with notable detailing and craftsmanship.","narrative":"Built about 1910 by the Southern Pacific Railroad, this one-story brick depot at 500 W. Main Street served Nacogdoches as its passenger station. It has load-bearing brick walls, a broad hip roof covered in red tile, extended eaves, corbeled chimneys and an eight-sided tower on the west elevation facing the tracks. These features suggest the Spanish Colonial Revival style and set it apart from the dense downtown buildings nearby. The depot replaced a modest frame station dating from the railroad's arrival in 1883, and it was once part of a complex with a freight depot, express office, grocery and coal warehouse. Passenger service ended in 1954, after which the building became offices. It remains largely unaltered. It was listed for its connection to the city's railroad-era growth and for its distinctive architecture, which is described as the only building of its kind in Nacogdoches and increasingly rare among depots.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1910 - 1940","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Passenger service ended in 1954 and the building was converted to offices; the form describes it as in good or fair condition and virtually unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.993177-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/9698/40969888/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000013/e3b5f0c5a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000013/e3b5f0c5a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nacogdoches_August_2017_24_(Nacogdoches_Railroad_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:Nacogdoches_August_2017_24_(Nacogdoches_Railroad_Depot).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969888","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001096"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nacogdoches-county/southern-pacific-railroad-depot-92000013/"}