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Como Depot

Year Listed:    2006
County:    Park County
Status:    ALERT
Context:    Transportation
Date Constructed:    c. 1879

Significance:
The Como Depot is one of three surviving structures, also including a hotel and roundhouse, from a major Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad complex. In 1879, the railroad stretched from Denver to reach Como, where a switch and maintenance site was developed for the famous narrow-gauge Boreas Pass Line into Breckenridge. On the National Register of Historic Places, the depot’s existence can be traced as far back as 1886. Although nondescript from a distance, the depot boasts original freight doors, a telegraph office, freight and ticket rooms, original interior paint, telegraph wires, interior window and door pediments, doors, and fixtures.

Threat When Listed:
Deterioration, natural weathing

Since Listing:
The depot, which is sandwiched between the historic Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, and the Como Hotel is the focus of new events in Como Historic District by Park County’s heritage tourism program.  The Depot and Hotel were recently acquired (March 2008) by preservation friendly owners who welcomed CPI to have its first annual Endangered Places Weekend Workshop, where volunteers spent two weekends stabilizing the Depot.  This included cleaning, bracing, re-roofing, and boarding of windows and doors so that the structure can last through the next couple of winters while funds are gathered for complete restoration.

Last Update:
July 2008

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