Willits | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() A California Western Railroad train at Willits station in 2023 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 299 East Commercial Street Willits, California | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Northwestern Pacific Railroad California Western Railroad | ||||||||||
Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Former Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Willits Depot | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°24′45″N 123°20′59″W / 39.4125°N 123.349722°W | ||||||||||
Built | 1915 | ||||||||||
Built by | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
Architect | D. J. Patterson | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Bungalow / American Craftsman | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 99001262[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | October 20, 1999 |
Willits station is a train station in Willits, California. It is the east end of California Western Railroad, which operates Skunk Train excursion service between Willits and Fort Bragg.
History
[edit]The Northwestern Pacific Railroad reached Willits by 1901, and passenger service to the original station began in 1902. That station was demolished in 1915 and rebuilt in its current location; a parking lot sits on the site of the original.[2] Northwestern Pacific passenger service ended after April 30, 1971.[3]
The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1999, as Willits Depot.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System – (#99001262)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Remember Willits-Old Willits Depot". Willits News. April 6, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ Edmonson, Harold A. (1972). Journey to Amtrak. Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 102–104. ISBN 978-0890240236. as mentioned in "Passenger trains operating on the eve of Amtrak" (PDF). Trains. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2021.
External links
[edit] Media related to Willits station at Wikimedia Commons