Boulder, CO: Restaurant/CB&Q/Colorado & Southern Depot

Original: (Satellite, on 14th Street north of Canyon Blvd.)

Current: (Satellite)

Richard Crabtree posted

Here we see Colorado & Southern No. 900 E-5A 2-10-2 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1915.

No. 900 is pulling a freight train at Union Depot in Boulder, Colorado October of 1958.

Photo by John Bernard Schoolland

Richard Crabtree shared

Mike Bartels: Old Union Depot replaced by new building out on the main line in 1957.

[And this building was moved so that 14th Street could become a through street.]

Richard Crabtree posted four images with the comment:

Union Depot in Boulder, Colorado

Built by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1890 it would serve the Union Pacific, Colorado & Southern and Colorado & Northwester Railroads

it was located at 14th Street and Canyon Boulevard (then Water Street), where the Union Pacific Railroad began construction on the depot using locally-sourced stone from Boulder County quarries. The project cost a cool $16,000 in 1890.

in 1957 Railroad passenger service closed to the old depot in downtown Boulder. It then became a bus depot until 1972 when the city made plans to demolish it at its location on 14th and Canyon.

The building was saved by a number of concerned citizens and was relocated to 30th and Pearl Street. Now a historical landmark, the depot was used as an event center until acquired by the city in 2008 and moved to Boulder Junction, near the Northern and Santa Fe railroad 2366 Junction Place Boulder, CO 80301

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Photo 1) Union Depot Boulder Colorado 1890s

Photo 2) Union Depot Boulder Colorado 1906 Sanborn Map L.O.C.

Photo 3) 1906 Colorado & Southern train ticket Union Depot Boulder Colorado

Photo 4) Union Depot at 30th (Thirtieth) and Pearl Street as it is prepared to be moved to a new location in Boulder, Colorado in 2009 Photo Thomas Jacob Noel

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's post
The railroads met on the east side of town and did street running down Canyon Blvd. to reach the depot. 1957 Boulder and 1951 Niwot Quads @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's post [AR1HJ0000040035]
As shown by the Sanborn Map, Canyon Blvd. was railroad property west of the depot. 1948 aerial photo

Street View, Nov 2017

In the satellite image, you can see that the other side has the bay window and would be on the trackside. But I could not get a street view of that side.