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United States historic place
Santa Fe Union Station
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Santa Fe Union Station
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Location123 Rosenberg Ave.,
Galveston, Texas
Coordinates29°18′23″N 94°47′52″W / 29.30639°N 94.79778°W / 29.30639; -94.79778
Built1932 (1932)
WebsiteGalveston Railroad Museum
Part ofThe Strand Historic District (ID70000748)
RTHL No.7178
Significant dates
Designated NHLDCPMay 11, 1976
Designated CPJanuary 26, 1970
Designated RTHL1983
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe EMD F7A No. 315 and Southern Pacific 1892 Cooke 4-6-0 No. 314 at the Galveston Railroad Museum
Interior of the Galveston Railroad Museum

The Galveston Railroad Museum is a railroad museum housed in the former Santa Fe Railroad station, at 25th and Strand in Galveston, Texas. The Museum is owned and operated by the Center for Transportation and Commerce, a non-profit organization.

The museum was established with funds from Galveston businesswoman and philanthropist Mary Moody Northen and the Moody Foundation.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Galveston Railroad Museum – A Step Back In Time". galvestonrrmuseum.org. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. "Northen, Mary Elizabeth Moody". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

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Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
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Texas City Junctiontoward Purcell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe RailwayMain Line Terminus
Texas City Junctiontoward Houston Houston–Galveston
Terminus Galveston–Longview 9th Street Landingtoward Longview
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