Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel
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| Location | 90942 Kelso Cima Road Kelso, California |
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| Coordinates | 35°0′44″N 115°39′9″W / 35.01222°N 115.65250°WCoordinates: 35°0′44″N 115°39′9″W / 35.01222°N 115.65250°W |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Los Angeles and Salt Lake R.R. |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival & Spanish Colonial Revival architecture |
| NRHP Reference # | 01000760 |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 2001 |
The Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel or Kelso Depot, now also the Mojave National Preserve Visitors Center, is located in the Mojave Desert within the National Park Service Mojave National Preserve, on Kelso Cima Road at the junction of Kelbaker Road in Kelso, California, between Baker and Interstate 15 to the north and Interstate 40 to the south. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, and along with the adjacent ghost town of Kelso, was declared a United States Historic District in 2000.
The first depot, by the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, opened in 1905. In early 1923 the railroad began construction of the new "Kelso Clubhouse & Restaurant" which opened the next year. The Kelso Depot was built to provide services to passengers and railroad employees, and a water stop for the steam locomotives. It is an example of a surviving mid-1920s era Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture Styled railroad depot with a hotel, restaurant, and gardens in Southern California. It was designed by the firm of John and Donald Parkinson. The facility served interstate passenger and shipping traffic and the transport of ore from local mines, especially the Vulcan Mine. It was an essential element of the 1920s modernization of the Union Pacific Railroad stations to compete with the Santa Fe Railway and its Harvey Houses such as "Casa del Desierto".
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