{"nrhp_refnum":"96000109","name":"Sebastopol Depot of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway","other_names":["West County Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"261 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sebastopol","county":"Sonoma County","state":"CA","lat":38.400763262000055,"lon":-122.82313566799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story passenger depot at 261 South Main Street in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, begun in 1917 and completed in 1918 by the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway. It now houses the West County Museum.","why_significant":"The depot is argued to be significant under transportation as a rare surviving reminder of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, Sonoma County's only electric interurban line. It served as the hub of the railway and the only passenger depot in Sebastopol, and was also a communications link for telegraphs, mail and packages. Together with the powerhouse, it is one of the few remaining structures of the line that retains integrity of setting and design.","narrative":"Built in 1917 and 1918 on South Main Street in Sebastopol, this small depot served the Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway, the only electric interurban line in Sonoma County. The single-story building combines Mission Revival and Craftsman features: a stuccoed exterior, an arched wrap-around veranda, stone pier bases of rhyolite from the Stony Point quarry, redwood wainscoting and terra cotta floor tiles. It replaced a smaller wooden depot that could no longer handle the passenger traffic. The depot acted as the hub of the railway until passenger service ended in 1932, and it also carried telegraphs, mail and packages to the town. Later it housed a flower shop before the City of Sebastopol and a local historical society restored the veranda and finishes in the early 1990s. It opened as the West County Museum in 1993. It is one of only a few reminders of the railway that kept its integrity of setting and design.","period_of_significance":"1918-1932","architect_builder":"Jones, Brainerd - Architect; Vogensen, H.P. - Builder","architectural_style":"Mission Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored in the early 1990s to its original appearance; in use as the West County Museum, which opened in July 1993, and owned by the City of Sebastopol.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.302527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/96000109.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000109/242fde38e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000109/242fde38e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sebastopol_Depot_of_the_Petaluma_and_Santa_Rosa_Railway,_261_S._Main_St.,_Sebastopol,_CA_7-11-2010_3-44-21_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</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:Sebastopol_Depot_of_the_Petaluma_and_Santa_Rosa_Railway,_261_S._Main_St.,_Sebastopol,_CA_7-11-2010_3-44-21_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862122","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastopol_station_(Petaluma_and_Santa_Rosa_Railroad)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30588083"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sonoma-county/sebastopol-depot-of-the-petaluma-and-santa-rosa-railway-96000109/"}