The Clovis station, also known as the Clovis Depot, was built in 1907. It was listed on the

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in 1995.

History

The station was built by B. Lantry & Sons in

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, and is one of only three buildings of this style built by the

Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and S ...

. With . Notably it served long distance Chicago to California trains that took the route through Wichita, Kansas; northwest Oklahoma and Amarillo in northern Texas. This was in contrast to the more northerly route which went through Dodge City, Kansas and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Trains

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California Limited The ''California Limited'' was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It carried train Nos. 3 & 4 and ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The line was conceived by company preside ...

'' (Chicago – Los Angeles) (to 1954) *''California Special'' (Clovis – Temple, Texas) (to 1967) *''

Grand Canyon Limited The ''Grand Canyon Limited'' was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was train Nos. 23 & 24 between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California. History In 1901 the Santa Fe Railroad complete ...

'' (Chicago – Los Angeles) (to 1968) *''

San Francisco Chief The ''San Francisco Chief'' was a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. It ran from 1954 until 1971. The ''San Francisco Chief'' was the last new str ...

'' (Chicago – San Francisco) (1954–1971) *''

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'' (Chicago – Los Angeles, with secondary section to Oakland) (to 1954)

References

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907 National Register of Historic Places in Curry County, New Mexico Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations in New Mexico 1907 establishments in New Mexico Territory Clovis, New Mexico Transportation in Curry County, New Mexico Former railway stations in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub