N.C.O. Railroad Depot
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
Marker Inscription
N.C.O. Railroad Depot 1910. In the 1880s, the Nevada-Oregon Railway (N-C-C) line began operations north to Beckworth, California. In 1884, the new owners, the Moran brothers, renamed the line the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway. They extended the tracks to Lakeview, Oregon, making this line one of the largest narrow gauge railroads in the west.This railroad depot was built in 1910. Architect Fredric DeLongchamps designed the building. He incorporated several architectural styles in the station. The entry porch is in the mission style; the roof eaves are from the Italianate style; and the arched windows and doorways follow the Romanesque Revival style.In 1917, the Western Pacific Railroad purchased the N.C.O. Line from Reno to Herlong, California and standard gauged it. The depot continued to serve the traveling public until 1937.
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The Story
This Reno depot, built in 1910, served the Nevada-California-Oregon Railway, a line that began in the 1880s as the Nevada-Oregon Railway and grew under the Moran brothers into one of the West's largest narrow-gauge railroads, reaching all the way to Lakeview, Oregon. Architect Frederic DeLongchamps blended several styles into the building — a Mission-style entry porch, Italianate eaves, and Romanesque Revival arches. After the Western Pacific bought and standard-gauged the line in 1917, the depot kept serving travelers until 1937.
Why it matters
The N.C.O. depot embodies the narrow-gauge railroads that stitched the remote Great Basin together, and showcases the work of Nevada's most celebrated architect.
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- · Frederic DeLongchamps
- · Moran brothers
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