Boulder_Railroad_Depot

Boulder station

Boulder station

Former Boulder, Colorado train depot

For the defunct station in Western Australia, see Boulder railway station. For the hotel complex in Nevada, see Boulder Station.

The Boulder station is a retired train depot in Boulder, Colorado. It was originally built in 1890 in downtown Boulder to serve as a depot for the Union Pacific railroad. The depot was built in a modified Richardson Romanesque style from native Boulder County stone. The depot operated as a train station at its original location until 1957, when a new depot opened and replaced it.[1]

Roadhouse Boulder Depot in April 2016

The depot was purchased by a bus company and it functioned as a bus transit terminal until 1973, when the Boulder Jaycees' purchase saved it from demolition; it was moved it to a location near the original Boulder County, Colorado Fairgrounds. The efforts of the Boulder Jaycees and Historic Boulder, Inc. were instrumental in preserving the structure.[1]

In October 2008, the City of Boulder and the Colorado Regional Transportation District moved the depot again, this time to the site of a new, transit-oriented development on the east side of 30th Street.[2][3]

In December 2015, the depot reopened as a restaurant and bar named Roadhouse Boulder Depot, part of the Boulder Junction at Depot Square development.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Monica Pratt. "It's Not the Train but the Station That Is Leaving". ersi. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  2. [2]
    Vanessa Miller (2008-10-01). "Depot stalls traffic, nears new home". Colorado Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21.
  3. [3]
    "Boulder Jaycees Depot". bouldercolorado.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25.
  4. [4]
    "Try Roadhouse Boulder Depot | 5280". 5280. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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