__NOTOC__ Goleta Depot is a

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building in Goleta,

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constructed by the

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in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking

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. It is a Southern Pacific standard design Two Story Combination Depot No. 22. The building is listed on the

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and is the centerpiece of the South Coast Railroad Museum. 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 November 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 October 1982. At first, the station also housed three local nonprofit organizations, the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, Institute for American Research and Santa Barbara Audubon Society in addition to the museum, in a form of

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. Later, the entire building became the home of the South Coast Railroad Museum. A new train station with a concrete platform and open-air shelter opened nearby in 1998 for Amtrak trains.

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Website of the South Coast Railroad Museum at Goleta Depot
Railway stations in Santa Barbara County, California Goleta, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901 National Register of Historic Places in Santa Barbara County, California Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California Stick-Eastlake architecture in California Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California {{California-railstation-stub

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