Cheyenne Depot Museum
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The Cheyenne Depot Museum is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. It is located inside the 1880s Union Pacific Railroad depot. A National Historic Landmark, the station was the railroad's largest west of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.
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Location | 121 West 15th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Closed | October 28, 1979[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Union Pacific Railroad Depot Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 121 W. 15th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°7′54″N 104°48′51″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1887 (1887) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Van Brunt & Howe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 73001934 (depot); 92000930[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | January 29, 1973 (depot); July 24, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated NHL | February 15, 2006 (depot)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The museum, founded in 1993, interprets Cheyenne's early history and that of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. It houses multiple exhibits and occasionally offers tours of other railroad facilities.