Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southeast, Salem, Marion, OR
Summary
Significance: It is significant as an execution of a standard Southern Pacific Railroad depot design in the early 1900s. The station is typical of depots of this era, but is architecturally unique within the Oregon context. Similar stations exist in Reno, NV, Ogden, UT, and Oakland, CA. The station has been in continuous use as a rail station since its completion in 1918, and retains its original architectural and functional integrity...
Survey number: HABS OR-184
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work
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Tags
railroad stations
railroad companies
railroad industry
freight terminals
passenger terminals
salem or
salem
passenger
salem passenger station
freight
depot
freight depot
thirteenth
thirteenth street southeast
marion
historic american buildings survey
david louter
oregon department of transportation
southern pacific railway
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
architecture
railroad
railroad architecture
oregon
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1977
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Southern Pacific Railway, builder
Louter, David, transmitter
Oregon Department of Transportation, sponsor
Location
Salem (Or.)
,
44.93234, -123.02822
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html