Issaquah Depot

Issaquah Depot

Issaquah Depot in 2009
Location Rainier Ave. N, Issaquah, Washington
Coordinates 47°31′51.8″N 122°2′7.5″W / 47.531056°N 122.035417°W / 47.531056; -122.035417Coordinates: 47°31′51.8″N 122°2′7.5″W / 47.531056°N 122.035417°W / 47.531056; -122.035417
Area less than one acre
Built 1889[1]
Architectural style Vernacular depot
NRHP Reference # 90001461[2]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1990[1]

Issaquah Depot is a former railway station located in Issaquah, Washington, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1889 as a passenger station and freight warehouse for the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E),[1] serving what was then known as Gilman, Washington (and as Squak Valley until 1888). The town was renamed Issaquah around the turn of the century. Only a few years after the depot's opening, in the 1890s, the SLS&E was taken over by the Northern Pacific Railway.[1]

The Issaquah Depot's use as a passenger station ended in the 1940s, and Northern Pacific abandoned the building in 1962.[1]

The City of Issaquah purchased the building in 1984.[1] Restoration began in 1985[3] and was completed in the early 1990s, and the depot now operates as a museum, managed by the non-profit Issaquah Historical Museums (formerly known as the Issaquah Historical Society). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spanger, Greg (January 1990) [December 1987]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Issaquah Depot" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. 1 2 "Issaquah Depot Makes Historic List". The Seattle Times. October 25, 1990. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

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