El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot

The El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot is a former passenger train station in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. It is a one-story, red-brick structure with a red-tile roof and wide, overhanging eaves designed by E. M. Tucker, Chief Engineer of the Missouri Pacific, in the Mission architectural style.

El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot
Location430 N. Main St., El Dorado, Kansas
Coordinates37°49′18″N 96°50′57″W
Built1918
ArchitectE. M. Tucker
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.94000429[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1994

History

Constructed in 1918, the depot served the Missouri Pacific Railroad, on a freight-passenger line that ran east from Wichita, Kansas, to El Dorado then on to Eureka Yates Center, Durand, Iola, Moran, Bronson, and Ft. Scott.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[3]

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See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2642945
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
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