Union Depot (Pueblo, Colorado)

Pueblo Union Depot is the historic railroad station in Pueblo, Colorado. It was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style in 1889–1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is located within the Union Avenue Historic Commercial District.

Union Depot (Pueblo, Colorado)
LocationVictoria Avenue and B Street
Pueblo, Colorado
Coordinates38.2630°N 104.6173°W / 38.2630; -104.6173
Built1889–1890
ArchitectSprague & Newell
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
Part ofUnion Avenue Historic Commercial District (ID82001021)
NRHP reference No.75000535

History

Initially the station was served by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Colorado & Southern Railway (which was acquired by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1908), the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Today the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railroad share use of the tracks, and the depot is privately owned. Regular passenger train service no longer exists but proposals including the Front Range Commuter Rail, which would provide service to Denver and Colorado Springs has been made. In addition, the depot has been proposed to operate on Amtrak's Southwest Chief.[1]

Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson arrived at the depot, as did Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Presidential candidate John Kerry.

References
  1. "Pueblo seeks Southwest Chief stop as Amtrak line's future is secured". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
The backside of the depot
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Bragdon
toward Denver
 Denver Branch Baxter
toward La Junta
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Bragdon
toward Denver
 Denver – Houston
Colorado and Southern Railway
 Furman
toward Houston
Preceding station Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Following station
Swallows
toward Ogden
 Royal Gorge Route Eden
toward Denver
Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Terminus Pueblo – Kansas City Baxter
toward Kansas City
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