SVHR celebrates 100 year-old Historic Woodland Train Depot

The historic Electric Garage building is not the only downtown structure celebrating 100 years in 2011. The Historic Woodland Train Depot turns 100, and Mike Adams is leading the way for the Sacramento Valley Historical Railways organization in sharing its interesting life with the Woodland community.

From Sacramento Valley Historical Railways' quarterly newsletter "Railhead:"

The Historic Woodland Train Depot is 100 years old this year. Built in 1911, it was the third of four train depots that were built in Woodland. It is the only original one still remaining and is located at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Sixth Street. This landmark building has witnessed many historical events and has had many famous and not so famous people walk through its waiting room doors to board trains heading north and south. It has seen good times when its outside arcade was full of people waiting to catch a train or meet someone arriving on one.

More at WoodlandRecord.com.

Above: One of the earliest photos of the Historic Woodland Train Depot The wooden water tower on the right was gone by 1926. The man standing in the foreground appears in other photos and is possibly Station agent Fingland. SVHR Archives.