The Kingman Santa Fe Depot, or Kingman AT&SF Depot, is a former

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Kingman, Kansas Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,105. History Kingman was laid out in 1874. Like Kingman County, it was named for Samuel A. Kingman, ...

. It is located at 201 East Sherman Street, which parallels the railroad tracks. Note that 10 photos from 2000 which were part of the submission are not included in this PDF file from KHS. The

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was opened in 1910 as a

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for the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway. The building was placed on the

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in 2001.

Description

The

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-style depot building is one story, and of brick construction with an overhanging gabled ceramic tile roof. The structure also has elements of the

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and

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style of architecture. It features a covered outdoor waiting room, and two indoor waiting rooms, one for women and the other for men. The main hallway has 14 foot high ceilings that are barrel-arched and supported by interior pilasters. Kansas Memory noted that "the one-story 'county seat' style depot built between 1910-11 features a gabled roof with a operators' bay and an enclosed freight room and a waiting room. At the top of the freight room are the Santa Fe emblems which are commonly associated with a county seat depot." The building is noted as being relatively long, at in length. It served as a museum. Includes five photos.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Kingman County, Kansas Buildings and structures completed in 1910 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910 Mission Revival architecture in Kansas Former railway stations in Kansas Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations Defunct museums in the United States {{Kansas-NRHP-stub