November 2024
Presentation by Jean-Guy Tanner Dubé, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
Nevada’s railroad history is long, rich and varied, dating back to 1868 when the Central Pacific Railroad reached the state, building east from Sacramento, California. In the century-and-a-half since, the Battle Born state has been served by a handful of railroads. One aspect of their legacy is the railroad depots and facilities built to serve local communities. A century ago, there were hundreds of depots dotting the state. Today, just over two dozen passenger and freight depots survive in Nevada. Some are threatened, some are preserved. Join us as we tour these survivors. Their present day adaptive reuses include Amtrak stops, museums, homes, businesses, tourist railroads and even a brewery.
Jean-Guy T. Dubé works for the State Historic Preservation Office of Nevada as the National and State Register of Historic Places Coordinator. He is a member of the Friends of the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Southern Pacific Historic & Technical Society, and the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society. Dubé received the national Leicester B Holland Prize in 2017 from the Library of Congress and National Park Service. He is an author, architectural draftsman and historian. He has studied Southern Pacific depots since 1983 and is the author of Railroad Depots: A Southern Pacific Collection.
More information about Dube’s book and blueprints can be found on his Etsy store. www.etsy.com/shop/depotblueprints
Watch the video on our YouTube Channel here.
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