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Kelso Depot
Exterior Front of Kelso Stationclick the photo to continueThe Union Pacific Railroad's Kelso station was established in the Mojave desert of eastern California in 1905 when the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad completed its line connecting Salt Lake with the west coast port of Los Angeles. . The original, single-story, lunchroom at Kelso, constructed in 1905, had burned in 1922. The timing was perfect for the remote desert town to get a fashionable mission revival-style station. The Union Pacific had just a few years earlier, at its chairman R.S. Lovett's recommendation, decided to adopt this new style for its depots in the area; we carefully considered and adopted at important stopping places on the L.A.& S.L in California and Nevada, such as division terminals and other places where there are dining stations, a mission style of architecture and layout where we have occasion to construct or reconstruct station buildings. It is a frame, stucco style of construction and adds very little to the expense but a great deal to the appearance of the place." Stiff competition with the Santa Fe Railroad was of prime concern in this region. As the UP President Carl R. Gray had explained to Mr. Lovett when discussing Yermo, California, some 73 miles from Kelso:
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Building Exterior Front of depot Arcade from east Arcade from west Tracks from front Main Floor Lobby Beanery Theatre Exhibit room Exhibit room Exhibit room Exhibit room Bookstore Exhibit room Baggage room Ticket/Telegraph Office Conductor's Office Second Floor Exhibit room Exhibit room Exhibit room Exhibit room Sleeping quarters Sleeping quarters Library Map room Basement Meeting Room |
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