- Tenino Depot
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name = Tenino Depot
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lat_degrees = 46
lat_minutes = 51
lat_seconds = 16
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes =51
long_seconds =14
long_direction = W
locmapin=Washington
location = 399 Park Ave WTenino, Washington
nearest_city =
area =
built =1914
architect = Luther Twichel
architecture = Modernized Richardsonian
designated =
added =December 27 ,1974
established =
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 74001982
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governing_body = City of Tenino The Tenino Depot, located inTenino, Washington , was built by theNorthern Pacific Railroad in 1914 along the mainline fromPortland, Oregon toTacoma, Washington .The depot is rectangular in shape and is made out of the local sandstone. (The sandstone quarry located east of the rail line was also listed in the
National Register of Historic Places .) The architecure is a modernizedRichardsonian style with simplified stone coursework and arched windows. The depot had a passenger waiting area on one end and a freight room on the other. The agent's office was located between the two rooms.The depot ceased serving passengers in the 1950s, but continued to handle fright into the 1960s. It was finally closed in 1965. The depot remained abandoned. In 1975, the
Burlington Northern Railroad (the successor of the Northern Pacific) gave the depot to the City of Tenino instead of demolishing it as a surplus property. The city then moved it alongside an old Northern Pacific branchline, adjacent to the old sandstone quarry. The city then refurbished the depot and turned it into the city museum.The depot was listed in the National Register due to its association with the development of Tenino as well as its association with the development of railroads in Washington.
External links
* [http://www.ci.tenino.wa.us/museum.htm City of Tenino Museum]
References
*Hansen, David M. "Tenino Depot (Thurston County, Washington)". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 1975. On file at the National Park Service, Washington, DC.
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