Historical Marker
Santa Fe Depot
Historical marker location:
1501 Jones, Fort Worth, Texas
( 1501 Jones, Fort Worth)
Marker installed: 1970
Built 1899. Beaux Arts design features native stone banding. When intact, north windows of painted glass depicted travel from Pony Express to steam locomotives. Visitors here have included such world figures as Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson. Depot was used by six railroad companies. As of 1970, Santa Fe served Texas with greater trackage than any other railroad, 5102 miles.