Boise Union Pacific Depot

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| name=Boise Depot

| type=Former Amtrak & Union Pacific inter-city rail station

| image=BoiseTrainDepot2.JPG

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| image_caption=View from northeast in 2006

| address=2603 West Eastover Terrace
Boise, Idaho[http://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/boise-depot/ Boise Depot - City of Boise]

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| closed=May 1997
(for passenger rail service)

| rebuilt=1993 (renovation)

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| code=BOI (Amtrak)

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| architect = Cherdron Construction Company,
Carrere, Hastings, Shreve & Lamb

| architecture = Spanish Colonial

| added = August 7, 1974

| area = {{convert|8.7|acre}}

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The Boise Depot is a former train station in the western United States, located in Boise, Idaho. Opened {{Years or months ago|1925}} in 1925, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). At an elevation of {{convert|2753|ft}} above sea level on the rim of the first bench, the depot overlooks Capitol Boulevard and the Idaho State Capitol, {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} to the northeast.

History

The depot was built in 1925 by the Union Pacific Railroad, and service by its Portland Rose began with service between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon.{{cite web |url=http://www.up.com/aboutup/history/passenger_trains/index.htm |title=Union Pacific Passenger Trains |website=www.up.com |publisher=Union Pacific Railroad |accessdate=January 10, 2014}} Thousands attended its debut with mainline service in mid-April,{{cite news |url=https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/1925-boise-depot-train-city-of-trees/277-c69c10d4-8186-43c0-9659-73118e304569 |work=KTVB|location=(Boise, Idaho)|title=Since 1925, the Boise Depot has stood above the City of Trees|date=April 16, 2021|accessdate=August 10, 2021}} including Union Pacific president Carl Gray, granted a key to the city by Mayor Eugene Sherman.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9MpXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ffQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678%2C2309702 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=U.P. trail is direct to Utah |date=April 15, 1925 |page=8}}

The UP's City of Portland also Chicago to Portland, for several decades made stops in Boise.Union Pacific timetable, September 7, 1969, Table 20 http://streamlinermemories.info/UP/UP69-9TT.pdf Union Pacific discontinued the Portland Rose and the City of Portland (along with all its passenger rail service) on May 1, 1971, the day Amtrak began operating.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rteAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2580%2C5320 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Last court test fails to clear Amtrak rails |date=May 1, 1971 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ALxeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3160%2C520808 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Small crowd witnesses last train leave Boise |date=May 3, 1971 |page=5}}{{cite web |url=http://parks.cityofboise.org/media/592398/depothistory.pdf |title=History of Boise Depot |website=cityofboise.org |publisher=City of Boise |date=Sep 2011 |accessdate=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110124535/http://parks.cityofboise.org/media/592398/depothistory.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{overcite|date=December 2024}}

Six years later, Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) resumed passenger service to the station in 1977 with the Pioneer,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l61YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d38DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4922%2C1561528 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|last=Smith |first=Tamera |title=Amtrak Pioneer rolls into S.L. |date=June 7, 1977 |page=B1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19770622&item=0055 |title=Amtrak National Train Timetables |website=timetables.org |author=Amtrak |author-link=Amtrak |publisher=Museum of Railway Timetables |page=54 |date=June 22, 1977 |accessdate=January 9, 2014}} Initially run between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Seattle, Washington, it was later extended further east and provided daily service from Chicago to Seattle. The next eastbound stop on the Pioneer was originally in Mountain Home, but that station was dropped in 1981,{{cite web |url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19810426&item=0045 |title=Amtrak National Train Timetables |website=timetables.org |author=Amtrak |author-link=Amtrak |publisher=Museum of Railway Timetables |page=44 |date=April 26, 1981 |accessdate=January 9, 2014}} so the next eastbound stop was Shoshone; the next westbound stop was Nampa.

Forty-nine years after its debut, the Boise Depot was listed on the NRHP on August 7, 1974, as the Union Pacific Mainline Depot.{{cite web |url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/ |title=National Register of Historic Places - NPS Focus |publisher=United States National Park Service |accessdate=October 27, 2009}} The last passenger train to use the depot was the Pioneer, which ended service {{Years or months ago|1997}} in 1997.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bPBHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4951%2C5229298 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|last=Van Eyck |first=Zack |title=A classic rides the rails one last time |date=May 10, 1997 |page=A1}}

In 1990, Boise-based Morrison–Knudsen Corporation (MK) purchased the depot and renovated it to pristine condition.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} The City of Boise took it over in 1996 and opened it for tours and special events; it is open to the public Sundays and Mondays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20140408041029/http://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/boise-depot/boise-depot-history/ Info on Historic Locomotive on site]
[http://parks.cityofboise.org/parks-locations/parks/boise-depot/ City of Boise's Depot webpage]

Category:Buildings and structures in Boise, Idaho

Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1925

Category:Former Amtrak stations in Idaho

Category:Former Union Pacific Railroad stations

Category:Tourist attractions in Boise, Idaho

Category:Clock towers in Idaho

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Boise, Idaho

Category:Carrère and Hastings buildings

Category:Repurposed railway stations in the United States

Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1997

Boise Union Pacific Depot

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