National Register Record for SANTA FE DEPOT

Historic Name: SANTA FE DEPOT
Current Name: NORMAN SANTA FE DEPOT
Address: CORNER OF ABNER NORMAN DRIVE AND COMANCHE STREET
City: NORMAN            County: CLEVELAND
Section: 30           Township: 9N           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: AN EXAMPLE OF A STANDARD COUNTY SEAT DEPOT DESIGNED BY THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, THE NORMAN DEPOT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1909. BUILT OF BRICK, IT WAS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE TYPICAL SMALL TOWN DEPOT; THE AT&SF RECOGNIZED THE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF NORMAN AND CONSTRUCTED THIS, THE THIRD DEPOT IN A TOWN THAT THE RAILROAD VIRTUALLY CREATED. THE STATION EXHIBITS A SPANISH MISSION STYLE THAT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE AT&SF. LISTED IN ANTIONAL REGISTER 1/25/91.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RAIL-RELATED
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: TRANSPORTATION
Architectural Style: MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: LUNGSREN AND CARLSON, BUILDERS
Year Built: 1909            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BOHI, CHARLES W. AND GRANT H. ROGER,"STANDARDIZED RAILROAD STATIONS IN KANSAS: THE CASE OF THE ATCHISON,TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE.", KANSAS HISTORY: A JOURNAL OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS, 4(SPR 1981), P. 39-52; "THE NEW SANTA FE DEPOT.", NORMAN TRANS.,6/10/1909, P.1
Date Prepared: AUGUST 1990