Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot

The Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot, 675 E. Main St. in Fernley, Nevada was built in 1914, and was the eastern end of the Fernley and Lassen Railway line of the Southern Pacific. Also known as Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot
Location675 E. Main St., Fernley, Nevada
Coordinates39°36′21″N 119°14′12″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1914
Built bySouthern Pacific RR Co.
Architectural styleRailroad Patternbook
NRHP reference No.05000513[1]
Added to NRHPJune 1, 2005

It is a 187-by-26-foot (57.0 m × 7.9 m) wood frame building of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's "Common Standard Station Plan #22" and is significant as a good surviving example of railroad pattern book architecture, and the only example of that specific plan surviving in Nevada. It was used as a railway station until 1985.[2]

References

Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Sparks
toward Oakland Pier
Overland Route Hazen
toward Ogden


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