Santa Fe Depot
- Also Known As: Union Station
- Address: 1050 Kettner St
- Neighborhood of Downtown SD in San Diego, CA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1850/03/00 | David Lion Gardiner | Owner | David Gardiner and John R Bleecker buy land at the foot of D Street (Broadway) with a right of way granted to the California Southern Railroad. | |||
| 1888/00/00 | California Southern Railroad | Owner | The California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, builds a new Victorian-style depot in San Diego (lost). | |||
| 1888/01/00 | David Lion Gardiner | Seller | David Gardiner and John R Bleecker sell their D Street parcel, which in 1867 was worth less than $100 dollars, to developer Charles A Wetmore. | |||
| 1888/01/00 | Charles Augustus Wetmore | Owner | David Gardiner and John R Bleecker sell their property opposite the Santa Fe Depot to Charles A Wetmore for over $40,000 (over $1 million in 2016 dollars). | |||
| 1914/01/15 | Bakewell and Brown | Architect | Construction begins on a new Mission-spanish revival style Santa Fe Depot just east of the existing station to serves visitors to the Panama-California Exposition. | |||
| 1914/12/31 | Fred Harvey Company | Operator | Santa Fe depot is completed at a total cost of $300,000 with a Fred Harvey Company lunch counter and dining room. | |||
| 1915/03/07 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Owner | Built for the Panama-California Expo, the Grand Opening of the new Santa Fe depot includes pulling down the clock tower of the original station at Bay and Broadway by a steel cable attached to two locomotives. | Panama-California Exposition |
| Particulars for Santa Fe Depot: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Architectural Style | Mission-Spanish Revival |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Railroad |
| Historic Use | Railroad Depot |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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