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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company depot at Lawrence, Kansas. The building, located at 413 E 7th Street in Lawrence, Kansas, was designed as a "Midwestern Modern" architecture structure by Warren Corman and Warren Jones, graduates from the University of Kansas. Construction began on the depot in 1955 and was completed a year later in 1956 to become part of the Eastern Line of the Eastern Division in the First District of the ATSF system. Today, the facility is operated by Amtrak for passenger service. In June of 2008, a group of concerned citizens formed a non-profit organization called Depot Redux which would seek federal assistance for the restoration of the depot and transfer ownership of the building from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to the city of Lawrence.
Creator: Brent, Orville Jr.
Date: Between 1956 and 1957
Item Number: 218032
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #2.205-0399
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218032
Built Environment - Architectural Style - Moderne
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Amtrak
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Burlington Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Amtrak
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Burlington Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
Type of Material - Photographs
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