The Steamboat Springs Depot, at 39265 Routt County Rd. 33B in

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, was built in 1909. It was listed on the

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in 1978. It was deemed "significant for its association with the old

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, the so-called Moffat Road (now part of Rio Grande Industries), one of the major transportation links between Denver and Salt Lake City; for its fine architectural qualities; and because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction." It was paid for by subscription of local citizens and was designed by Denver architect

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. It was built in the year after railroad service to Steamboat Springs began. Service ran until 1968. It was a

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of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. By 1977, it had been converted into a theater building. With It is located by the

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in Steamboat Springs.

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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Former railway stations in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Routt County, Colorado Buildings and structures completed in 1909 {{Colorado-NRHP-stub