Built 1901 Opened 1901 Phone +1 805-964-3549 Added to NRHP 18 January 2002 | NRHP Reference # 01001457 Area 6,475 m² Architectural style Stick style | |
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Address 300 N Los Carneros Rd, Goleta, CA 93117, USA Similar South Coast Railroad, Stow House, Goleta, Lake Los Carneros Park, Coal Oil Point seep field | ||
Goleta depot south coast railroad museum
Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is a Southern Pacific standard design Two Story Combination Depot No. 22. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historical Resources and is the centerpiece of the South Coast Railroad Museum (formerly Goleta Depot Railroad Museum).
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Southern Pacific closed its Goleta station in the 1970s. Eventually, Goleta Beautiful, a civic organization, obtained rights to the abandoned building which was moved on Nov. 18-19, 1981 to nearby Lake Los Carneros County Park. The park is the site of historic Stow House and Lake Los Carneros with walking trails and bird watching. The station was rehabilitated and restored, reopening in Oct. 1982. The station houses a museum and three local nonprofit organizations, the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, Institute for American Research and Santa Barbara Audubon Society (see Adaptive reuse).