Eureka Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Depot is a historic building at 416 E. 5th Street in Eureka, Kansas. The depot is on the Howard Branch of the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...

. It was built to replace an earlier 1879 depot, located just to the north. Completed in 1917 at a cost of $20,000, the depot was part of a building boom in the area, caused by the discovery of oil in

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and Greenwood counties. Passenger service on the Howard Branch ended in the mid 1950s, the depot closed in 1971.

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{{National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures in Greenwood County, Kansas Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1917 National Register of Historic Places in Greenwood County, Kansas Eureka, Kansas Former railway stations in Kansas 1917 establishments in Kansas Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971