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RECEIVED 413 NPS Form 10-000 OMB fJo. 10244018 (ftev. W6) United States Department of the Interior JUL National Park Service National (Register of Historic Places INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION Registration Form NATIONAL PARK SERVICE This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not app!y to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1 . Name of Property ______________________________________ historic name Damn 1.1 ft Rmithem Pam'fin Rail mad rv*rvM- other names/site number Danville and tarrtep Supply RJ-nre 2. Location street & number 355 Railroad Avenue I ! not for publication city, town Danville L J vicinity state California code CA county Contra code ni3______zip 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Q private [~xl building(s) Contributing Noncontributing Q public-local PI district _jj.___ ____ buildings [~n public-State I 1 site ____ ____ sites I I public-Federal I I structure ____ ____ structures l~1 object ____ ____ objects _1___ ____Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously _______N/A_____________ listed in the National Register Q_______ 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this LXJ nomination LJ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opim0rrrjr)e jiropertv Qtneets fl does not meet the National Register criteria. LJ See continuation sheet. /. Signature 6Tcertifyi|p*f officia (Pate California^ Of fi ra^ nf Pr-pyet«=vrwLi- i on Stata or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property LJ meets LJdoes not meet the National Register criteria. LJSee continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification hereby, certify that this property is: Entered In thi | entered in the National Register. HAtlonal [ | See continuation sheet. I I determined eligible for the National Register. [~~j See continuation sheet. [~~1 determined not eligible for the National Register. I I removed from the National Register. fl other, (explain:) ___________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) TRANSPORTATION '. Rail Related WORK IN PROGRESS 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (enter categories from instructK>ns) (enter categories from instructions) foundation Brick______________ LATE VICTORIAN ; Stick/Eastlake_______ waiis Wood_______________ roof____Asphalt other __________ Describe present and historic physical appearance. SUMMARY The Danville train depot consists of a combination one-story/two- story wooden structure constructed in 1891 by the Southern Pacific Railroad for passenger and freight use in accordance with a design identified in their records as "Combination Station No. 22". Its original and present location is on the east side of the Southern Pacific tracks (now removed) in the 300 block of Railroad Avenue in the town of Danville. The wooden frame building, with overall outside dimensions of 25 x 90 feet, remains as it was built with no alterations to its basic structure. Exterior walls are covered with 1" x 8" shiplap siding on the first floor and decorative shingles on the second floor including gables; roofed originally with wood shingles, its two brick chimneys remain intact. The two-story section of the structure is located at the north «nd with outside dimensions of 25 x 47 feet. The downstairs is partitioned into three main rooms; a waiting room, baggage room, and ticket office with a train-order window protruding on the western train side of the building. A staircase on the east side of the office leads to the station master's two bedroom upper floor apartment. The one-story portion of the depot, lying to the south, consists of the 25 x 43 foot enclosed freight room; this room is surrounded on the west, south and east sides by a loading platform. Minor alterations made to the building's exterior include the addition of a temporary enclosure of the train-side loading platform on the west and removal of the loading platform ramp on the south. Modification of the interior has also been minimal, thus leaving the building intact since the addition of electricity and indoor plumbing in the early 1900's. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING Location and Orientation The Danville train depot was constructed as a combination passenger- freight depot building on the east side of the Southern Pacific's San Ramon branch line and is oriented in a general north-south direction (actual N52°41'W); the passenger portion is on the north end. The depot location is shown on the accompanying copy of a portion of a Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Danville, California dated 1925 revised to 1932, marked Sketch Map No.1. continuation sheet 8. Statement of Significance Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: [^nationally Q statewide [xj locally Applicable National Register Criteria EA Q^ DC QD Criteria ConaWefattons (Exceptkxts) DA QB Qc CUD [HE Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates TRANSPORTATION___________________ 1891 - 1939__________ 1891 Cultural Affiliation Significant Person Architect/Builder Southern Pacific Railroad State significance of propert)', and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. SUMMARY Under Criterion A of the National Register Criteria, the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is very significant to the history of the Danville area because of its service to the fanning community in the transportation of both freight and passengers. By the 1890's the area was well into the second phase - that of growing grain - of the three farming phases which it was to pass through prior to becoming a suburb. The early settlers had raised cattle before discovering that the San Ramon Valley's climate and the dry-farming method used there, suited the growing of wheat. Soon wheat, barley and hay were the important grains grown but hay was the leading product to be shipped from the Danville area in the 1890's. It was shipped to U.S.Army cavalry posts and to markets in other countries. Large warehouses were built near the depot to store hay; often as much as 3500 tons of hay would be stored awaiting shipment. The third chapter of the area's economic life - the fruit and nut era - was already under way but the coming of the train with its available shipping service, encouraged more growing of these products by more farmers. The depot, located in the geographic center of the area, was built in 1891 concurrent with the railroad to serve the transportation needs of the farming community for shipment of farm products; this major improvement was in lieu of the then time-consuming horse and wagon transportation over narrow, often muddy roads to the north where the Southern Pacific Railroad was serving the northern part of Contra Costa County at Port Costa, Martinez and Avon; from these shipping points freight was transported to Oakland and San Francisco, or to cities in the east through San Joaquin County. The need for hauling by wagon southward to markets in Hayward and Livermore was eliminated after the 1909 extension of the rail line from San Ramon to Radum near Pleasanton. The depot also helped provide the link to the outside world for members of farm families, thus allowing them the freedom to travel and have visitors, a privilege long denied them in this region of central Contra Costa County, CA. The Southern Pacific Railroad's San Ramon Branch Line from Avon to San Ramon began operation on June 7, 1891; the Danville depot opened its doors to the public late in December of the same year. The building is representative of the property type of country railroad depots built by the Southern Pacific Railroad during the late 1800's and early 1900's using an early set of standard plans known as Southern Pacific Combination Station No. 22. Of the four depots on the San Ramon Branch Line, which were built in 1891 using this plan, only the depot at Danville has survived with a high degree of architectural and historical integrity intact; the depots at Concord and San Ramon have been demolished; major alterations have been made to the other one at Walnut Creek which has been moved from its original site. fin See continuation sheet 9. Major Bibliographical References [X] See continuation sheet Previous documentation on file (NPS): [ I preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested I I State historic preservation office I I previously listed in the National Register I I Other State agency I I previously determined eligible by the National Register I I Federal agency O designated a National Historic Landmark fX~l Local government [~~1 recorded by Historic American Buildings [~] University Survey # ___________________________ fxl Other I I recorded by Historic American Engineering Specify repository: Record # Town of Danville Planning Department San Ramon Valev Historical Society 10. Geographical Data Private Communication Acreage of property Less than one acre UTM References IU>1lRi6lQi7.0l B I .

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