Nampa Depot
The Nampa Depot in 2018
Nampa station is located in Idaho
Nampa station
Nampa station is located in the United States
Nampa station
Location12th Ave. and Front St., Nampa, Idaho
Coordinates43°34′47″N 116°33′31″W / 43.5797222°N 116.5586111°W / 43.5797222; -116.5586111
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
ArchitectClarke,F.W.; Et al.
Architectural styleMixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.72000438[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 3, 1972

The Nampa Depot in Nampa, Idaho, is a former passenger station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, designed by Frederick W. Clarke. The 1-story, brick and sandstone depot was described in 1972 by Arthur A. Hart, director of the Idaho State Historical Museum, as "an interesting eclectic combination of Romanesque, Renaissance, and Baroque elements, with the latter dominating. A massive central block of French Renaissance form is flanked by two advancing Baroque bays that bulge dramatically forward." The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2]

History

Soon after the founding of Nampa, a wood frame railway station was opened in 1887 at the connection between the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the Idaho Central Railway.[3][4] The station quickly became insufficient to manage Nampa's passenger and freight traffic, and in 1902 a new station was planned.[5]

The Nampa Depot opened in 1903, and it operated as a station until 1927 when a new depot was constructed. The 1903 depot was converted to office space for railroad employees in 1927, and it became the Nampa headquarters for the Canyon County Historical Society in 1973.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Arthur A. Hart (February 24, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nampa Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "The Railroad from Nampa". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 29, 1886. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Good Tidings Come Slow". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 12, 1887. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Division Point". Montpelier Examiner. Montpelier, Idaho. December 5, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  6. ^ Wendy Mollerup (August 12, 1973). "A New Day Dawns for Nampa's Depot". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 31.
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Ontario
toward Seattle
 Pioneer Boise
toward Chicago
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Caldwell
toward Portland
 Portland – Granger Meridian
toward Granger

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