Nenana Depot

The Nenana Depot, located at 900 A Street in Nenana, Alaska, is an Alaska Railroad depot built in 1922. The station served an extension of the railroad which was laid in 1916. An addition was placed on the station in 1937 to house the station agent. The station has served both as an important part of the railroad's northern operations and as a terminal for its riverboat service on the Yukon River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1][2]

Nenana
General information
Location	900 A Street Nenana, Alaska
Tracks	1
History
Opened	1922
Services
Preceding station Alaska Railroad Following station Healy toward Anchorage Aurora Winter Train Fairbanks Terminus Denali toward Anchorage Denali Star
Nenana Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Coordinates	64°33′52″N 149°05′45″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Built by	R. Wood; Hartley Howard
NRHP reference No.	77000229[1]
AHRS No.	FAI-105
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 10, 1977
Designated AHRS	August 14, 1975
Location

In 1987 the Alaska State Railroad Museum was established in the depot. The Museum discontinued in 2017.

On November 11, 2020, the Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad (FTVRR) signed with the City of Nenana to become the new caretakers of the depot.^[3] The FTVRR will reopen the depot as a museum after repairs and renovations. The museum will be open daily, May - September.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Alfred Mongin (December 30, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nenana Depot (AHRS Site No. FAI-105)". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos, from 1922 and 1975
3. Patrick Durand. "Nenana Depot History". Retrieved June 13, 2017.
4. Forrest, Brian (March 2, 2021). "FTVRR Membership Newsletter". The Gold Dust Line. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.