Las Cruces, NM

	The first "permanent" depot at Las Cruces was a two story frame structure completed in 1881. When the new masonry depot pictured here replaced it in 1910, the frame depot was loaded on flat cars and rolled 24 miles south to La Tuna, TX (Anthony) for continued service. The new Las Cruces depot generally followed the county seat style that Santa Fe was building all across the Western Lines at that time, but with a stucco exterior instead of brick. The unusually large window at the corner of the waiting room was part of the Fred Harvey newstand. An extension to the freight room in 1961 brought the depot's total length to roughly 210 feet. Santa Fe vacated the building in 1988, the year the top photo was taken. A group called the Las Cruces Museum and Transit Group is developing the structure into the New Mexico Railroad and Transportation Museum.

Las Cruces, NM

The first "permanent" depot at Las Cruces was a two story frame structure completed in 1881. When the new masonry depot pictured here replaced it in 1910, the frame depot was loaded on flat cars and rolled 24 miles south to La Tuna, TX (Anthony) for continued service. The new Las Cruces depot generally followed the county seat style that Santa Fe was building all across the Western Lines at that time, but with a stucco exterior instead of brick. The unusually large window at the corner of the waiting room was part of the Fred Harvey newstand. An extension to the freight room in 1961 brought the depot's total length to roughly 210 feet. Santa Fe vacated the building in 1988, the year the top photo was taken. A group called the Las Cruces Museum and Transit Group is developing the structure into the New Mexico Railroad and Transportation Museum.

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