Winslow station (Arizona) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Winslow, AZ
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La Posada Hotel
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| Location | 501 East Second Street Winslow, AZ 86047 |
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| Coordinates | 35°01′15″N 110°41′41″W / 35.0208°N 110.6946°W | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Railway Gallup / Seligman Subdivisons | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | WLO | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1929 (or 1930) La Posada Hotel | ||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2018) | 4,345  3.77% |
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U.S. Historic district
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| Official name: Winslow Santa Fe station | |||||||||||||
| Designated: | March 31, 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Part of: | La Posada Historic District | ||||||||||||
| Reference #: | 92000256 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style: | Mission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival | ||||||||||||
The Winslow Amtrak train station is located at 501 East Second Street in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is a stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief train. This train travels daily between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The Santa Fe Depot and the La Posada Hotel, which was once a "Harvey House" (a type of hotel and restaurant found along train lines), are key parts of the La Posada Historic District. This historic area was officially recognized in 1992.
Building Design and History
The train station was built in 1929 by the Santa Fe Railway. The beautiful La Posada Hotel and its gardens next to it were finished in 1930.
Both buildings were designed by a very famous architect named Mary Jane Colter. She designed many important buildings for the Fred Harvey Company. These include other buildings at the Grand Canyon and in New Mexico. Mary Colter thought La Posada Hotel was her best work, combining both inside and outside design perfectly.
La Posada Hotel
La Posada Hotel and the train depot mix styles from Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival. Mary Colter's designs often included shaded walkways and arches. They also featured restaurants, red clay tile roofs, and stucco walls. The hotel had lovely courtyards and large gardens. Inside, you could find custom furniture and decorative ironwork. The hotel had two main entrances. One faced the train platform for travelers, and the other faced the street for local people and those traveling on U.S. Route 66.
La Posada was one of the last hotel-depot buildings made in the Southwestern United States. These were built through a partnership between Fred Harvey and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
The hotel closed in 1957 and was used as offices. Later, it was left empty.
In 1997, people bought the hotel to save it. It was greatly fixed up and reopened as a historic hotel and restaurant. More work is still being done to restore the buildings and gardens. An 8-acre area next to the hotel is being turned into a sculpture garden, an orchard, and a vegetable garden by the Winslow Arts Trust (WAT).
The hotel's restaurant, The Turquoise Room, was named one of the top 3 restaurants in the United States by Conde Nast in 2009. The Tina Mion Museum is also in the hotel. It shows Mion's modern paintings in what used to be the hotel's 3,000 square foot ballroom.
The La Posada Hotel is even mentioned in the Lost Dogs song "Goodbye Winslow." This song is about traveling Route 66 and is on their album Old Angel.
Santa Fe Depot
The Santa Fe Depot building is now the Winslow Amtrak station. The Winslow Arts Trust also renovated it. It now houses the Route 66 Art Museum. This museum celebrates the culture of Winslow and the historic U.S. Route 66 in Arizona area. In June 2016, work began to change the depot part into a fine art museum.
Things to See in Winslow
There are other interesting places near La Posada Hotel in historic Downtown Winslow:
- The Old Trails Museum is in a bank building from 1920.
- Snowdrift Art Space is in the Babbitt Brothers department store building, built in 1914.
- The Winslow Visitor Center is in the old Winslow Hubble Trading Post building from 1917.
