Carson City | |||||||||||
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 The V&T Depot in Carson City | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 729 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1872 | ||||||||||
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Virginia and Truckee Railroad Depot - Carson City | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°10′4″N 119°45′55″W / 39.16778°N 119.76528°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1872 | ||||||||||
| Built by | Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Pattern book rail depot | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 98001208[2] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1998 | ||||||||||
The Virginia & Truckee (V&T) Railroad Depot of Carson City, Nevada, is a historic railroad station that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is significant for its association with the economically important role of the V&T railroad historically in Carson City following discovery of the Comstock Lode mine in 1859. To a lesser degree, according to its NRHP nomination, the depot building is also significant architecturally "as a well-preserved example of a wood-frame passenger depot procured from a railroad company pattern book within the V&T's former sphere of operation."[3]: 7
Located on the Southeast corner of the Washington Street intersection with Carson Street, it served the Virginia and Truckee Railroad until 1950, when the railroad shut down.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2][3]
The Reno, Gold Hill, and original Virginia City Depots still exist, as well as the V&T Freight Depot in Virginia City.
- ^ "Virginia and Truckee Railroad May 1943 Timetable". Virginia and Truckee. Dale Darney Collection.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Rebecca R. Ossa (February 18, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Virginia & Truckee Railroad Depot - Carson City, Nevada". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places in Carson City". www.noehill.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.