Anchorage Depot

Preceding station		Following station
Terminus	Aurora Winter Train	Wasilla toward Fairbanks
	Denali Star	Wasilla toward Fairbanks
	Coastal Classic	Girdwood toward Seward
	Glacier Discovery	Girdwood toward Grandview

Anchorage Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Alaska Heritage Resources Survey

LocationAnchorage, AlaskaCoordinates61°13′18″N 149°53′26″W / 61.22167°N 149.89056°W / 61.22167; -149.89056Arealess than one acreBuilt1942Built byAlaska Railroad, J.B. Warrack CompanyArchitectJoseph L. SkoogNRHP reference No.99001027^[1]AHRS No.ANC-00362Added to NRHPAugust 27, 1999

Location

Anchorage Depot, also known as Alaska Railroad Depot, is the railroad station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star.^[2] The station is a Moderne-style three story concrete building, built in 1942 and enlarged in 1948.^[3]

It is located at the base of a hill, below downtown Anchorage. It measures 338 feet (103 m) by 45 feet (14 m).

In 1999, it was deemed significant in the history of transportation in Alaska and nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot, built of concrete and steel and well-equipped, was held to represent the railroad's transition from wooden structures and equipment inadequate for challenges of the World War II era and since.^[3]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999.^[1]

It appears that sometime before October 2020, a high platform was built on the third track over from the main depot, thus making this the first train station in Alaska to have a high platform.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Depot Locations". Alaska Railroad. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
^ ^a ^b James Blasingame (March 24, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Anchorage Depot / Alaska Railroad Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved July 2, 2016. with three photos from 1999 and one from 1942-1947
^ Railway, Adventures. "ALASKA RAILROAD". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020.

External links

Media related to Anchorage Railway Station at Wikimedia Commons

"Alaska Railroad home page". Archived from the original on September 25, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-171, "Alaska Railroad Depot, 411 First Avenue, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK"

Properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska

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There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.

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