Southern Pacific Lines
Standard-Design Depots

by Henry E. Bender Jr.


Contents

Preface 9
Additional Acknowledgements 15
A Word About the Station Agent 17
1. Early Board and Batten Standard-Design Depots 23
2. Numbered Standard Depot Designs, 1877-1893 43
3. Southern Pacific Standard-Design Freight Houses 185
4. Predecessor Railroads’ Standard Depots 189
5. Southern Pacific Lines Standard Depots in Oregon 197
6. Southern Pacific Lines Depot Hotels 209
7. Queen Anne Depots, 1887 and 1891 215
8. Southern Pacific Telegraph Offices 223
9. Colonnade-Style Passenger Depots 239
10. El Paso & Southwestern System Depots 257
11. Southern Pacific Small Depots 270
12. Southern Pacific Remodeled, Stuccoed Depots 275
13. Southern Pacific Lines Depot Colors 290
Epilogue 299
Selected Bibliography 300
Index 302