Eureka station (Kansas) explained

Eureka Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Depot
Location:416 E. 5th Street
Eureka, Kansas
Coordinates:37.8234°N -96.2892°W
Built:1917
Architect:E. A. Harrison
Architecture:Prairie Style
Added:January 2, 2013
Refnum:12001119[1]

Eureka Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Depot is a historic building at 416 E. 5th Street in Eureka, Kansas. The depot is on the Howard Branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was built to replace an earlier 1879 depot, located just to the north. Completed in 1917 at a cost of $20,000, the depot was part of a building boom in the area caused by the discovery of oil in Butler and Greenwood counties.[2]

Passenger service on the Howard Branch ended in the mid 1950s, the depot closed in 1971.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties, January 11, 2013. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 1 November 2013 .
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. 2 May 2011. Larry Coleman. 1 November 2013 .