Santa Fe Building (Amarillo)

The Santa Fe Building is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A.. It was completed on January 18, 1930 and had the regional offices of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company. The Amarillo office of the railroad company supervised more than 5,800 miles (9,334 km) of railroads. Brennan Construction Company of Amarillo and Dallas built the building from 1928 to 1930 with an original construction cost of US$1.5 million.[2]

Santa Fe Building
Santa Fe Building
Santa Fe Building
Santa Fe Building
Location900 S. Polk St.
Amarillo, Texas
Coordinates35°12′16″N 101°50′15″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1928 (1928)
Built byBrennan Construction Company
ArchitectE.A. Harrison
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.96000939[1]
RTHL No.4574
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 22. 1996
Designated RTHL1996

The building was vacant more than a decade in the 1990s,[3] until Potter County bought it for $426,000 to gain new office spaces in 1995.[2] It was reopened in 2000, after Potter County spent approximately $14.1 million on renovating the building.[4]

See also

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lutz, Jennifer (August 6, 2000). "Renovated Santa Fe Building sparkles in debut". Amarillo Globe-News.
  3. "Editorial: Rail Museum gathers steam". Amarillo Globe-News. July 31, 2006.
  4. "Santa Fe Building opening ceremony Saturday". Amarillo Globe-News. July 30, 2000.
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