Willits | |||||||||||
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 A California Western Railroad train at Willits station in 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 299 East Commercial Street Willits, California | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Northwestern Pacific Railroad California Western Railroad | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1915 | ||||||||||
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Willits Depot | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°24′45″N 123°20′59″W / 39.4125°N 123.349722°W | ||||||||||
| Built | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Built by | Northwestern Pacific Railroad | ||||||||||
| Architect | D. J. Patterson | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Bungalow / American Craftsman | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 99001262[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 1999 | ||||||||||
Willits station is a train station in Willits, California. It is the east end of California Western Railroad, which operates Skunk Train excursion service between Willits and Fort Bragg.
History
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad reached Willits by 1901, and passenger service to the original station began in 1902. That station was demolished in 1915 and rebuilt in its current location; a parking lot sits on the site of the original.[2] Northwestern Pacific passenger service ended after April 30, 1971.[3]
The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1999, as Willits Depot.
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System – (#99001262)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Remember Willits-Old Willits Depot". Willits News. April 6, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Edmonson, Harold A. (1972). Journey to Amtrak. Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 102–104. ISBN 978-0890240236. as mentioned in "Passenger trains operating on the eve of Amtrak" (PDF). Trains. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2021.
External links
Media related to Willits station at Wikimedia Commons
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