Santa Fe Depot, San Diego
historic place
The Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego is a historic place. This union station opened on March 8, 1915. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built it for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition. It replaced an earlier Victorian-style structure from 1887. San Francisco architects Bakewell and Brown designed the depot in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a San Diego Historic Landmark. A historical marker, erected November 16, 1985, by the Daughters of the American Revolution, notes the depot. Its text honors the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as 'Pioneers of The Western Movement.' The Santa Fe Depot matters historically for its role in the transcontinental rail line and its contribution to modern San Diego.