The current Historic Train Depot in Tucson was built in 1907 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was designed by the SP's architect, Daniel J. Patterson. In 1998, the City of Tucson purchased the depot property from the Union Pacific…
In 1998, the City of Tucson purchased the depot property from the Union Pacific Railroad, which had merged with Southern Pacific RR. Restoration main depot building and three other buildings was completed in 2004. It restored the depot to the 1941 modernized Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style.The first Tucson depot was a 200-foot long Victorian structure built in 1880. The depot accommodated passenger and freight trains.
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, Arizona, Southwestern and Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, Tucson A train carrying President William McKinley stops at the Tucson train depot on May 7, 1901 for a whistle stop visit.The historic train depot in downtown Tucson, 2012.The Southern Pacific Train Station, in Tucson. December 1907.Lowell Morgan works on a door jam during renovation of the old Tucson train depot in 2004.The historic train depot in downtown Tucson on May 3, 2012.
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