Palmer Depot

The Palmer Depot is a historic train station at South Valley Way and Evergreen Avenue in Palmer, Alaska. It is a large three-section single story frame structure, built in 1935 to provide transportation services to the newly established Matanuska Valley Colony. The main section is the former warehouse, which is 94 feet (29 m) long. The next section, with a lower profile than the warehouse, housed baggage facilities, a passenger waiting area, and living quarters for the station agent. The third section, the smallest of the three, houses the former ticketing office.^[2] The building now houses a community center.^[3]

Palmer Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	Corner of Evergreen Avenue and South Valley Way, Palmer, Alaska
Coordinates	61°36′00″N 149°06′49″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935 (1935)
Built by	Alaska Railroad
Architect	A.M. Truesdell
Part of	Matanuska Colony Community Center (ID91000773)
NRHP reference No.	78000530[1]
AHRS No.	ANC-089
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 9, 1978
Designated CP	June 21, 1991
Designated AHRS	August 14, 1975

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was added as a contributing property to Matanuska Colony Community Center in 1991.^[1][4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska