Santa Fe Passenger Depot, Historic US 66, Flagstaff, AZ (4)
**Railroad Addition Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 83002989, date listed 1/18/1983
Roughly bounded by Santa Fe RR tracks, Agassiz and Beaver Sts., Birch and Aspen Aves.
Flagstaff, AZ (Coconino County)
The city of Flagstaff is located on the high Coconino Plateau of northern Arizona at an altitude of 6,905 feet. Surrounded by the Ponderosa pines of the Coconino National Forest, the city is situated between Mars Hill, a low mesa to the west, and Mount Elden, a 9,280 foot promontory to the northeast. Directly to the north, the San Francisco Peaks rise to 12,611 feet, the highest point in Arizona.
The Railroad Addition encompasses the commercial core of the city of Flagstaff. Architecturally, it is a grouping of Victorian-era commercial blocks, many constructed of local tufa stone. The scale is predominantly one story, punctuated with large public buildings.
To spur commercial activity, the community undertook two major projects made possible by the designation of the Grand Canyon as a National Park in 1918. First, a competition was held for the design of a new railroad depot (FHR 150) which was subsequently constructed at the foot of Leroux Street. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Santa Fe Passenger Depot, Historic US 66, Flagstaff, AZ (4)
**Railroad Addition Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 83002989, date listed 1/18/1983
Roughly bounded by Santa Fe RR tracks, Agassiz and Beaver Sts., Birch and Aspen Aves.
Flagstaff, AZ (Coconino County)
The city of Flagstaff is located on the high Coconino Plateau of northern Arizona at an altitude of 6,905 feet. Surrounded by the Ponderosa pines of the Coconino National Forest, the city is situated between Mars Hill, a low mesa to the west, and Mount Elden, a 9,280 foot promontory to the northeast. Directly to the north, the San Francisco Peaks rise to 12,611 feet, the highest point in Arizona.
The Railroad Addition encompasses the commercial core of the city of Flagstaff. Architecturally, it is a grouping of Victorian-era commercial blocks, many constructed of local tufa stone. The scale is predominantly one story, punctuated with large public buildings.
To spur commercial activity, the community undertook two major projects made possible by the designation of the Grand Canyon as a National Park in 1918. First, a competition was held for the design of a new railroad depot (FHR 150) which was subsequently constructed at the foot of Leroux Street. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...