Castle Rock Depot

Castle Rock Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Depot building in 2010
Location	420 Elbert St., Castle Rock, Colorado
Coordinates	39.37407°N 104.86235°W / 39.37407; -104.86235
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1875
Built by	Hammar, Benjamin
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	74000575[1]
Added to NRHP	October 11, 1974

The Castle Rock Depot is a historic Denver & Rio Grande Railway train station, now the Castle Rock Museum and located at 420 Elbert St. in Castle Rock, Colorado.

History

The depot was built in 1875; it was moved in 1970 a few blocks from its original location. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

It was built by Benjamin Hammar (interred in the Castle Rock cemetery), who also built the original Denver Union Terminal in downtown Denver.[2]

The museum includes original ink and watercolor architectural drawings by the unknown architect of the building.[2]

It has elements of Victorian style and was built of rhyolite stone from Castle Rock quarries. It is "one of Colorado's older original buildings".[2] It is a "rare example of a stone depot constructed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad."[3]

It is a one-and-a-half-story building, 24 by 40 feet (7.3 m × 12.2 m) in plan.[2]

Preceding station	Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad			Following station
Larkspur toward Ogden		Royal Gorge Route		Sedalia toward Denver

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Castle Rock Depot / Denver & Rio Grande Railway Depot at Castle Rock". National Park Service. Retrieved May 5, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1973
3. "Castle Rock Depot (Castle Rock Historical Museum)". Retrieved May 5, 2020.

External links

Media related to Castle Rock Depot at Wikimedia Commons