The Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot was built 1912–1919 in Medicine Bow, Wyoming for the Union Pacific Railway. It is a typical example of Union Pacific railway architecture with a hipped clay shingle roof with broad overhangs supported by brackets over a one-story wood-frame station structure. The depot features a projecting bay designed to allow the station master to see incoming trains. The western section of the building contained the waiting room, the station office and a baggage room, while the eastern section contained living quarters for the stationmaster and his family. The station functioned in its original purpose until May 1981.[2]

Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot
The Medicine Bow Depot in 2014
Medicine Bow station is located in Wyoming
Medicine Bow station
Location405 Lincoln Hwy., Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Coordinates41°53′43″N 106°11′59″W / 41.89528°N 106.19972°W / 41.89528; -106.19972
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
NRHP reference No.82001832[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1982

The Medicine Bow Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1982.[1] The building is occupied by the Medicine Bow Museum.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Roberts, Philip J. (March 26, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot". National Park Service. with accompanying two photos
  3. ^ "Medicine Bow". Carbon County, Wyoming. Carbon County Visitors Council. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Calvin
toward Ogden
Overland Route Ridge