Winslow station is an

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train station at 501 East Second Street in Winslow,

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, Arizona, United States. It is served daily by

's ''

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'' between Chicago,

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and

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, California. The Santa Fe Depot and La Posada Hotel

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compound are the centerpiece of the

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(established 1992).

Architecture

The

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station was built in 1929, and the adjacent La Posada Hotel and Gardens was completed in 1930. Laposada.org: History of La Posada Hotel
/ref> Both were designed by renowned architect Mary Jane Colter. She is the architect of various notable

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buildings, including others at the South Rim of the

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and in

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. She considered La Posada Hotel as her integrated interior/exterior masterpiece.

Hotel

La Posada Hotel, and the depot, combine elements of the

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and

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architecture styles. Characteristic Colter designed features include shaded colonnades and arcades, restaurants, red clay tile roofs above massed stuccoed walls, courtyards and acres of gardens, custom furniture, and decorative wrought ironwork throughout. The hotel building had two main entrances, a southern one on train platform and a northern one on the street for local people and

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travelers. La Posada is one of the last of a series of hotel-depot complexes built across the

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in a collaboration between Fred Harvey and the

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. The hotel was closed in 1957, turned into offices, and later abandoned. Bought in 1997 to save it, it was substantially restored to reopen as a historic hotel and restaurant complex. Further restoration of the buildings and historic gardens is ongoing. A parking lot and field east of the hotel totaling is being converted into a

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, orchard, and potager garden by the Winslow Arts Trust (WAT). The Turquoise Room, the hotel's restaurant, was rated as one of the top 3 restaurants in the United States by Conde Naste in 2009. The Tina Mion Museum exhibits Mion's contemporary paintings in the hotel's former ballroom. La Posada Hotel is mentioned in the

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song "Goodbye Winslow" about traveling Route 66, on their album '' Old Angel''.

Depot

The Santa Fe Depot building serves as the present day Winslow Amtrak station. It was also renovated by the Winslow Arts Trust to house the Route 66 Art Museum, celebrating the culture of Winslow and the historic

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corridor. In June 2016, work began to convert the depot section into a

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museum.

Downtown Winslow

Attractions near La Posada Hotel in adjacent historic Downtown Winslow include:Laposada.org: Attractions within walking distance of the La Posada Hotel
/ref> * Old Trails Museum, in a 1920 bank building. * Snowdrift Art Space, in the 1914 Babbitt Brothers department store building. * Standin' on the Corner Park * Winslow Visitor Center, in the former 1917 Winslow Hubble Trading Post building.

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