Medicine Bow Union Pacific Depot

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
Location405 Lincoln Hwy., Medicine Bow, Wyoming
Coordinates41°53′43″N 106°11′59″W
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
  1. "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.
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Calvin
toward Ogden
 Overland Route Ridge
toward Council Bluffs Transfer
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