Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan

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Railroad Station. Statement of Signif icance: A veil-maintained late Century railroad depot. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Original and subsequent owners: Oregon Short Line Railroad Union Pacific Railroad 2. Date of erection: c. 3. Architect: Unknown B. Historical Events and Persons Associated with the Building: On January 31, the Utah Northern narrow gauge from Brigham City reached Logan. In this road was purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad and made "hroad-gauge". Finan- cial difficulties forced the sale of the Utah Northern Rail- road to the Oregon Short Line in By the Union Pacific had purchased control of the Oregon Short Line, and after it again became part of the Union Pacific "stable".

This station was built during Oregon Short Line ownership, sometime before the turn of the century. C. Sources of Information: 1. Primary and unpublished sources: Curtis, Al J., Pioneer Edition of Events in the Early History ''^fyLdgan & Cache Valley, unpublished manuscript, University of Utah. Library, Utah Room. Johnson, David F., The History & Economics of Utah Railroads, Thesis, University of Utah Library. (19U7). OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD STATION HABS No. U-kh (Page 2) 2.

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Beal, Merrill D., Intermountain Railroads , Standard and Narrow Gauge, Ricks, Joel, The History of a Valley, Treasures of Pioneer History, Daughters of Utah Pioneers , Vol. I, and Vol, I, Utah, A Guide to the State, Utah Writers Program, WPA, Wrigley, Robert L. A Brief History of the Utah & Northern Railway Co., Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3, September, Prepared by John L. Giusti September 5, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY A. General Statement: 1. Architectural interest: This is a well-maintained late century railroad depot. 2. Condition of fabric: Excellent and well-maintained. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: A modified rectangle one-and-a- half stories high, 98' x hV with attached roofed plat- form 16' x 2. Foundations: Concrete. 3.

Wall construction, finish, and color: Gray-white sand- stone , rock faced random range ashlar with dark red pressed brick trim, quoinwise at corners and poenings, k. Structural system^ framing: Masonry bearing walls. 5. Porches: A long hip roof shelters 178 feet of the plat- form. 6. Chimneys: One for central heating. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD STATION HABS No. U-hk (Page 3) 7. Openings: # a. Doorways and doors: Doors have nine panels, two of them glased. Baggage room doors are hinged pairs with two square diagonally tongue and groove panels "below two-light glazed panels. b. Windows: Six-over-one and two-over-two double hung at first floor. Six^over~two in second floor gables. 8. Roof: a. Shape, covering: A gable roofs the central 2-story portion.

Long hip roofs extend symmetrically on each side. b. Cornice, eaves: The undersides of roof overhangs are neatly finished plain wood soffits. C, Description of Interior: 1. Floor plans: a. First floor: The plan is symmetrical with "baggage rooms on both ends. The telegraphers hay on the track side projects into the center with ticket win- dows into the Mens' Waiting Room and Ladies ' Waiting Room. An enclosed stair projects into the plan oppo- site the ticket hay making a narrow connection between the waiting rooms. The rest rooms occupy a projection on the street side. h. Second floor: This was once a large office in the west gable and a smaller office in the east gable. But a kitchen and bath were added to make an apart- ment for the stationmaster. 2.

Stairway: Enclosed downstairs but open at the second floor with a short rail and newel. 3. Flooring: 3" pine boards T & G. k. Wall and ceiling finish: Reeded wood wainscot with plas- ter wall and ceiling above. 5. Doors: Six cross panels. 6. Lighting, type of fixtures: Modern fluorescent. 7- Heating: Central furnace in small basement. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD STATION HABS No. U^U (Page 41 D. Site and Surroundings: 1. Orientation: The long faces of the building are the west side toward the tracks and the east side toward 6th West Street. The station terminates the axis of Center Street at its west end. 2. Landscaping and walks, enclosures: The "building occupies most of the narrow strip between the tracks and the street with concrete walks , drives, and platform occupying the rest.

There are trees at the ends of the "building. Prepared by Paul Goeldner, AIA Supervisory Architect Utah Project August 15, PART III. PROJECT INFORMATION This record is part of a Utah Survey conducted in the summers of and under joint sponsorship of the Historic American Build- ings Survey of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation of the National Park Service and the Utah Heritage Foundation. Field work, historic research and record drawings were done under the direction of Project Supervisor Paul Goeldner, AIA (Texas Tech Univer- sity) assisted by Project Historian John L. Giusti, AIA (University of Utah). Photographs were made by P. Kent Fairbanks of Salt Lake City. Student Assistant Architects on the team were Robert M. Swanson and Charles W.

Barrow, (University of Texas) and Kenneth L. Lambert and Keith Sorenson, (University of Utah), Student Assistant Architects were Keith Sorenson, Charles D. Harker and Robert Schriever, (University of Utah) and Donald G. Prycer, (Texas A. & M. University). e