Cheyenne Depot Museum

The Cheyenne Depot Museum is a railroad museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States. It is located inside the 1880s Union Pacific Railroad depot. A National Historic Landmark, the station was the railroad's largest west of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and a major western example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.

Cheyenne, WY
The San Francisco Zephyr at Cheyenne in April 1976.
General information
Location121 West 15th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Line(s)Union Pacific Railroad
History
ClosedOctober 28, 1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Laramie
toward Oakland-16th Street
 San Francisco Zephyr
1972–1979
 Greeley
toward Chicago
City of San Francisco
1971–1972
Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station
Borie
toward Ogden
 Overland Route Hillside
toward Council Bluffs Transfer
through to Ogden via Overland Route Cheyenne – Denver Speer
toward Denver
Union Pacific Railroad Depot
Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Union Pacific Passenger Station
Location121 W. 15th St., Cheyenne, Wyoming
Coordinates41°7′54″N 104°48′51″W
Built1887 (1887)
ArchitectVan Brunt & Howe
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.73001934 (depot);
92000930
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1973 (depot);
July 24, 1992
Designated NHLFebruary 15, 2006 (depot)

The museum, founded in 1993, interprets Cheyenne's early history and that of the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. It houses multiple exhibits and occasionally offers tours of other railroad facilities.

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