Looks like Hanford, Ca will be having two train depots located across the tracks from each other. Here is the story…
June 16, 2006
Home found for old depot
By Eiji Yamas hita
Sentinel Reporter
HANFORD - The old Union Pacific train depot, which served as a museum at the former Fort Roosevelt, has found a new home.
The city of Hanford has stepped up to take over the historic structure, which served as a museum holding valuable artifacts and specimens at the fort for 40 years, from the Hanford Elementary School District.
On Thursday, the district board finalized an agreement, which had already been signed by the city last week.
The 120-plus-year-old depot is the only visible legacy of the outdoor nature center and wildlife refuge demolished this year because of safety and liability concerns.
The back side of Roosevelt School, where the fort used to be, has been converted to a school bus terminal and a park space. The train depot, now empty, is still sitting at the location.
For now the city plans to place the 1,500-square-foot structure in the parking lot across the railroad tracks from the Amtrak station, said Hanford City Manager Jan Reynolds. It’s the city’s bus-train intermodal transit center.
“We’re moving it to the middle of it to better serve the intermodal facility,” Reynolds said. Possible scenarios include converting it into permanent restrooms or an office space, but it will be up to the City Council to decide what to do with it, he said.
Elementary school district officials are happy to find a home for the structure.
“It’s wonderful news for us,” said Rebecca Presley, HESD superintendent. “The last thing we wanted to do was demolish it.”
The deal calls for the district to reimburse the city for the cost of moving the structure. The city will then be responsible for finding a new purpose for it.