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![]() Norman station in July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 200 South Jones Avenue Norman, Oklahoma United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°13′11.64″N 97°26′35.16″W / 35.2199000°N 97.4431000°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Norman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Red Rock Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: NOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 13, 1887; June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | October 9, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1909; 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY 2023 | 12,422[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Fe Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Built by | Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Lungsren & Carlson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Mission Revival/Spanish Revival | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 90002203[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | January 25, 1991 |
Norman station is an Amtrak intercity rail station in Norman, Oklahoma, served by the daily Heartland Flyer. Built in 1909, the station building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as Santa Fe Depot. Part of the building is occupied by The Depot, a non-profit arts association.
History
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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) began running through Norman's Camp (a surveying camp named for its leader Abner E. Norman) on June 13, 1887. Stations were established approximately every 10 miles (16 km), including at Norman's Camp. White settlers arrived during the Land Rush of 1889, and on April 22, 1889, the station became the site for a new town. The first station building, just 16 feet (4.9 m) square, was located at Eufala Street. It was replaced with a larger structure just to the south in 1890.[3]
The present station building was constructed in 1909. A typical Santa Fe county seat station, it is built in the Mission Revival style out of brick with limestone trim.[3] It served Santa Fe trains including the Texas Chief until May 1971, when Amtrak took over intercity service in the United States. Amtrak continued to serve Norman with the Texas Chief (renamed Lone Star in 1974) until the Lone Star was discontinued on October 9, 1979.[4]
Ownership of the station was transferred to the city effective October 1986. The station building was reopened as a community space in 1990, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as "Santa Fe Depot". The Heartland Flyer began service in June 1999. A $480,000 renovation in 2003 made the station accessible.[4]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Oklahoma" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Weisiger, Marsha (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Santa Fe Depot". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ a b "Norman, OK (NOR)". Great American Stations. Amtrak.
External links
Media related to Norman station at Wikimedia Commons