Cheyenne Depot Museum
Cheyenne, WY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | 121 West 15th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | October 1979[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Union Pacific Railroad Depot Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 121 W. 15th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°7′54″N 104°48′51″W / 41.13167°N 104.81417°WCoordinates: 41°7′54″N 104°48′51″W / 41.13167°N 104.81417°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Van Brunt & Howe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 73001934 (depot); 92000930[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Significant dates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | January 29, 1973 (depot); July 24, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated NHL | February 15, 2006 (depot)[4] |
The Cheyenne Depot Museum is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is located inside the historic Union Pacific Railroad depot, built in the 1880s. The depot, a National Historic Landmark, was the railroad's largest station west of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
The museum, founded in 1993, interprets Cheyenne's early history and that of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. It hosts an annual Steam Train Excursion in July, and Depot Days, in which tours are offered of other railroad facilities.
History[]
The station is built from blocks of sandstone quarried and transported from Ft. Collins, Colorado. The Depot stands directly down the street from, and facing the, Wyoming State Capitol building, signalling its historic significance in the city and state.
It received major renovations in 1922 to lengthen the building and a redecoration 1929. From 2001 to 2006, another renovation to the depot is being made including a $6.5 million US dollar improvement provided by the City of Cheyenne and plaza built in front of the Depot. This plaza hosts a variety of music and events throughout the year.
Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr ceased serving this station directly in 1979 in favor of a new station in Borie, south of Cheyenne. This eliminated a time-consuming backup move in and out of the station.[5] Passengers were bused between Borie and Cheyenne.
The Old West Museum and Cheyenne Frontier Days made an agreement which established the Cheyenne Depot Museum, Inc. as a 501(c)3 Corporation non-profit organization. The depot is under lease from the city of Cheyenne to this corporation for 25 years.
Gallery[]
The station as seen in 2011
The nearby roundhouse, where the Union Pacific Railroad stores its fleet of historic steam locomotives, as well as its E Units and DDA40X 6936.
The machine shop located near the round house
See also[]
- Union Pacific 844
- Union Pacific 3985
- Union Pacific 4014
- Union Pacific 6936
- Cheyenne Frontier Days
- Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Laramie County, Wyoming
References[]
- ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective October 1, 1979". timetables.org. Amtrak. October 1, 1979. p. 44. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "Amtrak Timetable - Effective October 28, 1979". timetables.org. Amtrak. October 28, 1979. p. 44. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Union Pacific Railroad". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ^ "Other Board Actions Tied to Route Restructuring". Amtrak NEWS. 6 (10): 5. September 1979.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Union Pacific Depot (Cheyenne, Wyoming). |
- Cheyenne Depot Museum Website
- The Rotary Steam Plow # 900082 in Cheyenne
- Union Pacific Depot National Historic Landmark at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
- Union Pacific Roundhouse Turntable and Machine Shop at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
- Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, Laramie, WY at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
- Former Amtrak stations in Wyoming
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Wyoming
- Museums in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Railroad museums in Wyoming
- Railroad roundhouses in Wyoming
- Railroad-related National Historic Landmarks
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
- Railway workshops in the United States
- Transportation in Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Transportation in Laramie County, Wyoming
- Former Union Pacific Railroad stations
- Railway roundhouses on the National Register of Historic Places
- Railway workshops on the National Register of Historic Places
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1887
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
- Railway stations closed in 1979
- Repurposed railway stations in the United States