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Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA

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Southern Pacific Depot, 559 El Camino Real, San Carlos, San Mateo County, CA

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Summary

Significance: The Southern Pacific Depot at San Carlos is a rare example of the use of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in California railroad station architecture. It was the first permanent building erected by the San Carlos Land Company to form the nucleus for their speculative town development.
Survey number: HABS CA-2278

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Date

1933 - 1970

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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

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Location

San Carlos, 37.56701, -122.33000

Google Map of 37.5670055, -122.3300011

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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