National City station

National City

Historic American Buildings Survey photograph of the station, 1996

General information
Location| 900 West 23rd Street
National City, California
History
Opened| 1882
Closed| 1930 (passengers)
Former services
| Preceding station  | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Following station

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San Diego 22nd Street

toward La Grande Station

|  | Surf Line |  | Terminus

Station and General Office, California Southern Railroad

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

California Historical Landmark No. 1023

Coordinates| 32°39′37″N 117°06′41″W﻿ / ﻿32.660194°N 117.111511°W﻿ / 32.660194; -117.111511
Area| 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built| 1882
Built by| California Southern Railroad
Architectural style| Italianate
NRHP reference No.| 96000424[1]
CHISL No.| 1023
Added to NRHP| April 18, 1996

Location

National City station is a former railway station in National City, California. The California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, chose National City as the West Coast base of operations at the terminus of their planned transcontinental railroad.

## History

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The station building was built in 1882, following construction of a rail yard the previous year. On November 14, 1885, the first transcontinental passenger train departed National City en route to the east coast.[2] In 1889, Santa Fe moved their workshops and offices to San Bernardino and Los Angeles and operations significantly declined at National City. Passenger trains lasted until 1930 and the station served as a freight depot until the 1960s. It was subsequently used as a restaurant and office spaces. The building was restored to its original condition in 1997 by the San Diego Electric Railway Association,[3] who opened it as a museum.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 1996, as the Station and General Office, California Southern Railroad. It is also listed as a California Historical Landmark under the name National City Santa Fe Rail Depot.

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Historic Sites". City of National City. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
3. ^ Spear, Paul (September 9, 2019). "The Old Railroads That Built the South Bay Are Gone but They Were Vital to The Development of This Area". Dig Imperial Beach. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

## External links

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Media related to National City Depot at Wikimedia Commons

* The National City Depot — via the San Diego Electric Railway Association

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