Great Overland Station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, is a museum and former railroad station in Topeka, Kansas, United States. The station was built from 1925 to 1927 and designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, whose firm designed over 20 Union Pacific Railroad stations from 1924 to 1931. The station's Free Classical Revival design uses terra cotta extensively and features a center pavilion with two increasingly smaller pavilions on either side. Passenger service to the station began in January 1927; almost 20,000 people attended the station's grand opening, and the new station was considered "one of the largest and finest stations west of the Missouri River".[2] In the later years of its train station life, it also hosted the passenger trains of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island Lines). The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 'Santa Fe' had its trains stop at its own Topeka station.[3]
Passenger totals at the station declined through the 1950s and 1960s, and the last regular passenger service to the station ended in 1971. The Union Pacific Railroad repurposed the station as office space and a customer service center before abandoning the building in 1989. In 1992, a fire damaged the western part of the station; the same year, the group Railroad Heritage, Inc. (then known as Topeka Railroad Days, Inc.) agreed to consider renovating the station. The station was extensively rehabilitated from 2000 to 2002 and is now a railroad heritage museum.[2]
The Great Overland Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2002.[1]
^ ab"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
^Official Guide of the Railways December 1951, Index of Railroad Stations
^Official Guide of the Railways December 1951, Rock Island Lines section
^Official Guide of the Railways December 1951, Union Pacific section
great, overland, station, listed, national, register, historic, places, union, pacific, railroad, passenger, depot, museum, former, railroad, station, topeka, kansas, united, states, station, built, from, 1925, 1927, designed, gilbert, stanley, underwood, whos. Great Overland Station listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot is a museum and former railroad station in Topeka Kansas United States The station was built from 1925 to 1927 and designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood whose firm designed over 20 Union Pacific Railroad stations from 1924 to 1931 The station s Free Classical Revival design uses terra cotta extensively and features a center pavilion with two increasingly smaller pavilions on either side Passenger service to the station began in January 1927 almost 20 000 people attended the station s grand opening and the new station was considered one of the largest and finest stations west of the Missouri River 2 In the later years of its train station life it also hosted the passenger trains of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Rock Island Lines The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Santa Fe had its trains stop at its own Topeka station 3 Union Pacific Railroad Passenger DepotU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of KansasShow map of the United StatesLocation701 N Kansas Ave Topeka KansasCoordinates39 3 58 N 95 40 10 W 39 06611 N 95 66944 W 39 06611 95 66944Arealess than one acreBuilt1925 1927ArchitectUnderwood Gilbert StanleyMPSRailroad Resources of Kansas MPSNRHP reference No 02000492 1 Added to NRHPOctober 1 2002 Contents 1 Passenger trains 2 Decline 3 References 4 External linksPassenger trains editRock Island passenger trains included the 4 Golden State Imperial Oklahoma Rocket Twin Star Rocket Union Pacific trains included the 5 City of St Louis Pony ExpressDecline editPassenger totals at the station declined through the 1950s and 1960s and the last regular passenger service to the station ended in 1971 The Union Pacific Railroad repurposed the station as office space and a customer service center before abandoning the building in 1989 In 1992 a fire damaged the western part of the station the same year the group Railroad Heritage Inc then known as Topeka Railroad Days Inc agreed to consider renovating the station The station was extensively rehabilitated from 2000 to 2002 and is now a railroad heritage museum 2 The Great Overland Station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1 2002 1 References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 a b National Register of Historic Places Registration Form Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot National Park Service Retrieved February 8 2013 Official Guide of the Railways December 1951 Index of Railroad Stations Official Guide of the Railways December 1951 Rock Island Lines section Official Guide of the Railways December 1951 Union Pacific section Preceding station Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station Topekatoward Tucumcari Tucumcari Rock Island Heringtontoward Rock Island Topekatoward Teague Teague Minneapolis Heringtontoward Minneapolis Terminus North Topeka St Joseph Elmonttoward St Joseph Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Menokentoward Denver Kansas Pacific Railway Grantvilletoward Kansas CityExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great Overland Station Great Overland Station official website Archived March 28 2013 at the Wayback Machine This article about a property in Kansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This Kansas train station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Kansas museum related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Great Overland Station amp oldid 1214060578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
