Details for Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5303000434
Data
Marker Number | 434 |
Atlas Number | 5303000434 |
Marker Title | Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot |
Index Entry | Bledsoe Santa Fe Depot |
Address | 6105 19th Street |
City | Lubbock |
County | Lubbock |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 226248 |
UTM Northing | 3719243 |
Subject Codes | railroad depots; railroads |
Marker Year | 1973 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | 6105 Nineteenth Street, Lubbock |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | A relic from one of America's last frontiers. Built in 1925 on range land of newly organized Cochran County, at Bledsoe, this structure not only served its purpose as a railroad station, but was a meeting hall for churches and social groups. Sheepherders and cowboys would bed down on its floor when detained at the station in shipping season. Phased out of service by 1966, structure was moved 70 miles to be preserved by Gene Hemmle. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973. |