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January 5, 2015

Ashland uncovers missing train depot

  • The new owners will reclaim everything they can and sell items to builders and collectors, and then recycle the rest of the 1884 structure.
    • By JANET EASTMAN
    The Oregonian

    ASHLAND, Ore. — Squint as you walk by a decomposing Douglas fir structure on a residential street in Ashland and you'll see patches of peeling paint, called Southern Pacific yellow, peeking out through glassless windows. Stop. There's more to the story.

    Barricaded behind weather-beaten boards and, until recently, shrouded by towering cottonwood trees and 10-foot-tall blackberry bushes is the city's first train depot. This significant piece of the state's past has been missing for a half century.


     
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