National Register of Historic Places

Redlands Santa Fe Depot District

Redlands, San Bernardino County, California
Listed
October 29, 1991
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
91001535

About this property

The Redlands Santa Fe Depot District is a historic commercial district and station located in downtown Redlands. The district is centered on Redlands' Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, which was established in 1888. The nationally registered district is centered around the current station building, a Classical Revival structure, built in 1909–10 to replace the original depot built in 1888. The Pacific Electric Red Car trolley service, the Redlands Line, ran past the mainline Santa Fe station on Orange Street between 1903 and 1936. This station lost passenger service in 1938. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1991, and the California Points of Historical Interest. The buildings surrounding the station represent many of the important components of the city's economy, particularly the orange packing industry. Several packing houses remain from the city's heyday as an orange packing center, forming one of the largest remaining groups of orange packing houses in the Inland Empire. A number of the other buildings were used by growers' associations and other groups in the citrus industry. The district also includes three buildings from the city's historic Chinatown, which thrived from the 1880s through the 1920s after Chinese immigrants came to Redlands to build the railroad. The depot was purchased from Krikorian Premier Theaters founder George Krikorian by Property One LLC, a real estate development company with ties to Esri executives in September 2017. With new ownership and a name change to Redlands Railway District LLC, the depot was restored and integrated with the adjacent Redlands–Downtown station on the Arrow commuter rail service in 2022. Redlands Railway District LLC redeveloped the surrounding properties as the "Redlands Packing House District" with shops and restaurants. Completed in 2024. Redlands Santa Fe Railway Station at the Redlands Area Historical Society Being Restored: the Santa Fe Depot, Redlands, California at Urban Decay

Location

Redlands, San Bernardino County, California
34.05906, -117.18352

Categories

INDUSTRYCOMMERCETRANSPORTATIONARCHITECTURE
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Redlands Santa Fe Depot District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1991.

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Redlands Santa Fe Depot District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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