Issaquah station, also known as Issaquah Depot or the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway Depot, is a former railway station located in Issaquah, Washington, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1889 as a passenger station and freight warehouse for the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E),[2] serving what was then known as Gilman, Washington (and as Squak Valley until 1888). The town was renamed Issaquah around the turn of the century. Only a few years after the depot's opening, in the 1890s, the SLS&E was taken over by the Northern Pacific Railway.[2]

The Issaquah Depot's use as a passenger station ended in the 1940s, and Northern Pacific abandoned the building in 1962.[2]

The City of Issaquah purchased the building in 1984.[2] Restoration began in 1985[3] and was completed in the early 1990s, and the depot now operates as a museum, managed by the non-profit Issaquah Historical Museums (formerly known as the Issaquah Historical Society). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Spanger, Greg (January 1990) [December 1987]. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Issaquah Depot" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Issaquah Depot Makes Historic List". The Seattle Times. October 25, 1990. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issaquah_Historical_Museums
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