The Castle Rock Depot is a historic Denver & Rio Grande Railway train station, now the Castle Rock Museum and located at 420 Elbert St. in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Castle Rock Depot | |
 Depot building in 2010 | |
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| Location | 420 Elbert St., Castle Rock, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 39°22′27″N 104°51′44″W / 39.37407°N 104.86235°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1875 |
| Built by | Hammar, Benjamin |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000575[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 11, 1974 |
History
editThe depot was built in 1875; it was moved in 1970 a few blocks from its original location. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
It was built by Benjamin Hammar (interred in the Castle Rock cemetery), who also built the original Denver Union Terminal in downtown Denver.[2]
The museum includes original ink and watercolor architectural drawings by the unknown architect of the building.[2]
It has elements of Victorian style and was built of rhyolite stone from Castle Rock quarries. It is "one of Colorado's older original buildings".[2] It is a "rare example of a stone depot constructed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad."[3]
It is a one-and-a-half-story building, 24 by 40 feet (7.3 m × 12.2 m) in plan.[2]
| Preceding station | Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad | Following station | ||
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| Larkspur toward Ogden
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Royal Gorge Route | Sedalia toward Denver
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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Castle Rock Depot / Denver & Rio Grande Railway Depot at Castle Rock". National Park Service. Retrieved May 5, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1973
- ^ "Castle Rock Depot (Castle Rock Historical Museum)". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
External links
editMedia related to Castle Rock Depot at Wikimedia Commons
