Denver & Rio Grande, Denver & Salt Lake Depot
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Hayden Heritage Center (Denver & Rio Grande, Denver & Salt Lake Depot)
1918, Joseph W. Roeschlaub, builder. 300 W. Pearl St. (northeast corner of Poplar St.) (NR)
This rectangular, red brick, two-story building under a hipped terracotta tile roof typifies Denver & Salt Lake depot designs suggestive of the Prairie Style. An outside entrance provides access to the second-floor station agent's apartment. The ground-floor interior, relatively unchanged, features large wooden sash windows, wain-scoting and plaster walls in the waiting room, and a telegraph office. After the D&RG acquired the line in 1947, it operated the depot until 1971, then donated the building to the town for use as a museum. The builder was a general contractor in Craig (Moffat County), where he designed a similar depot ( MF03). Nearby, along the tracks at 198 Lincoln Avenue, is the Hayden Grain Company (1910s), the largest complex in town, evolved from a small frame freight office to a geometric assortment of flat- and shedroofed boxes and cylinders in sheet metal and wood frame.
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