El Dorado station explained

El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot
Location:430 N. Main St., El Dorado, Kansas
Coordinates:37.8217°N -96.8492°W
Built:1918
Added:May 6, 1994
Architect:E. M. Tucker
Architecture:Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
Refnum:94000429[1]

The El Dorado Missouri Pacific Depot is a former passenger train station in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. It is a one-story, red-brick structure with a red-tile roof and wide, overhanging eaves designed by E. M. Tucker, Chief Engineer of the Missouri Pacific, in the Mission architectural style.

History

Constructed in 1918, the depot served the Missouri Pacific Railroad, on a freight-passenger line that ran east from Wichita to El Dorado then on to Eureka Yates Center, Durand, Iola, Moran, Bronson, and Ft. Scott.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register Information System. 2009-03-13. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: The big and little MoPac depots at El Dorado, KS.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. 11 July 2010.