Freight Depot - Nevada Northern Railway East Ely Yards and Shops - Ely, Nevada
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N 39° 15.549 W 114° 52.191
11S E 683787 N 4347697
The Nevada Northern’s Freight Depot in the East Ely Yards.
Waymark Code: WMTQ9C
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2016
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The Nevada Northern’s Freight Depot is located along the southern edge of the East Ely Yards. The following information comes from the NRHP files: (
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The Freight Depot, or Freight House, built in 1907, is a single story, gable-roofed, wood-frame building measuring 40 by 320 feet, resting on concrete piers, with its longer axis parallel to Avenue A, along which it stands on the north side a short distance west of the Depot and General Office Building. Exterior siding is mixed: that on the east end of the building is horizontal drop rustic; the west end of the building is clad in un-battened vertical boards; and the long north and south sides are sheathed in vertical board-and-batten. Fenestration consists of two-over-two, double-hung, wood sash windows with projecting lug sills. Five panel doors in both the north and south elevations provide access to the express office space in the east end of the building, while large freight doors in the north and south elevations access the freight handling and storage area of the building. The gable roof is clad with standing-seam metal roofing, as are the secondary shed roofs that cover the loading docks on both the north and south sides. A decorative bracket graces the east gable end, while a brick chimney from the office pierces the roof peak near the east end. The building is red with white trim.
As indicated above, the east end (closest to the Depot and General Offices) houses the express office, which is finished with a wainscot of vertical boards topped with a chair rail, above which are walls paneled in horizontal v-rustic boards. Interior window frames have a Queen Anne-style bulls-eye corner motif. The remainder of the interior is unfinished and part of the freight area on the west end is open-sided under the roof.
The freight depot handled the shipping of freight, but not baggage. All the paperwork on freight shipments whether l.c.l. (less-than-car-load) or whole cars or groups of cars, was handled in the freight depot. This building, like the Depot and General Offices, is owned by the State of Nevada and is part of the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The rest of the buildings, structures, tracks, motive power and rolling stock at East Ely are owned by the City of Ely and operated through the White Pine Historical Railroad Foundation.