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Seward Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location	501 Railway Avenue, Seward, Alaska
Coordinates	60°6′3″N 149°26′20″W / 60.10083°N 149.43889°W / 60.10083; -149.43889
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1917
Architect	Alaska Engineering Commission
Architectural style	American Craftsman Bungalow
NRHP reference No.	87000652
AHRS No.	SEW-001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 16, 1987
Designated AHRS	1971

The Seward Depot, also known as the Seward Station, is a former rail depot in Seward, Alaska, United States.

The depot was constructed in 1917 at what is now Adams Street and Ballaine Boulevard to serve the railroad line. Seward was and remains the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad. The Seward line was owned by the Alaska Central Railroad, the Alaska Northern Railroad, and at the time of the depot's construction, the U.S. government. President Warren G. Harding visited Seward and Alaska in 1923, and following completion of the Mears Memorial Bridge, drove the ceremonial golden spike at Nenana, connecting Seward with Fairbanks.

In 1928 the building was moved to its current location on Railway Avenue following a flood of Lowell Creek.

Much of the railyard in Seward and the track north along the Turnagain Arm were destroyed in the Good Friday earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that hit the town, and the depot was out of use. It served as the headquarters for the Alaska Marine Highway's M/V Tustumena for a time. In 1998 it was sold to the Chugach Alaska Corporation after the corporation completed renovations, and the building served as a native cultural center for three years. It is currently owned by the Seward Association of the Advancement of Marine Science, dba, Alaska SeaLife Center, who lease it for operation as a cafe.

Hoben Park, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is adjacent to the depot. Both are located at the southernmost point in Seward.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "Seward Depot". Seward Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
3. "History of Seward". Alaska's Point of View Reservation Service. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
4. "Parks". Seward Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 3 December 2009.

External links

Media related to Seward Depot at Wikimedia Commons

• "Seward Historic Preservation Plan" (PDF). City of Seward. Retrieved 2 December 2009.

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• American Craftsman architecture in Alaska
• Bungalow architecture in Alaska
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• Repurposed railway stations in the United States
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