Folsom Depot

This article is about former Southern Pacific station. For the active RT light rail station, see Historic Folsom station.

Folsom Depot is a former train station in Folsom, California.

Folsom
The station building in 2008
General information
Location	200 Wool St. Folsom, California
Owned by	Sacramento Valley Railroad (1856–1877) Sacramento and Placerville Railroad (1877–1888) Northern Railway (1888–1898) Southern Pacific Railroad (1898–1970) City of Folsom (1970– )
History
Opened	February 22, 1856
Rebuilt	c. 1906
Services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Orangevale toward Sacramento Placerville Branch Cameron Park toward Placerville
Folsom Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
California Historical Landmark No. 558[1]
Coordinates	38.679167°N 121.179722°W / 38.679167; -121.179722
Built	c. 1906
Built by	Southern Pacific Railroad
NRHP reference No.	82002229[2]
CHISL No.	558[1]
Added to NRHP	February 19, 1982

History

The station site was established as the eastern terminal of the Sacramento Valley Railroad. The rail yard and initial station layout were engineered by Theodore Judah. Service began on February 22, 1856, as the first passenger railroad in the state.^[1]

After a series of acquisitions and mergers, the facility came under the ownership of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The railroad constructed a new station building by 1906. The depot was wired for electricity in 1909 and in 1916 the second story was added. Fire damage in 1924 and 1930 was repaired with minor alterations.

The property, minus the turntable stands, were donated to the City of Folsom in 1970. In 1972, Ashland Station building of the Sacramento, Placer, and Nevada Railroad was moved to the site.

The depot and freight yard were listed as a California Historical Landmark under the name Folsom Terminal in 1956.^[1] The station building, turntable, and tracks was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 19, 1982.

When the railway line was rebuilt as light rail in the 2000s, the Folsom terminal was built two blocks to the southwest at Historic Folsom station.

Design

Replica of the original turntable at the Folsom Terminal

The station building was initially constructed as a single story building, but was eventually finished to a standard design: Two-Story Combination Depot No. 22.^[3]

References

1. "TERMINAL OF CALIFORNIA'S FIRST PASSENGER RAILROAD". California Office of Historic Preservation. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Bender, Henry E. Jr. (2013). Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots. Berkeley and Winton, California: Signature Press. pp. 132–133. ISBN 9781930013339.

External links

Media related to Folsom Terminal at Wikimedia Commons