The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in

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, was built as a Spanish Colonial Revival-style

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by the

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in 1926. After

ceased passenger operations upon

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's start in 1971, the station housed the Yuma Fine Arts Museum. The depot was listed in the

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in 1976. The structure was razed in the summer of 1994 after a devastating fire damaged the building in the spring of 1993. It was delisted from the National Register in 2019. Amtrak passengers are now served at the Yuma Amtrak station which consists of two open platforms and a tunnel.

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