The Santa Fe Building is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A. It was completed on January 18, 1930 and had the regional offices of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company. The Amarillo office of the railroad company supervised more than 5,800 miles (9,334 km) of railroads. Brennan Construction Company of Amarillo and Dallas built the building from 1928 to 1930 with an original construction cost of US$1.5 million.[2]
The building was vacant more than a decade in the 1990s,[3] until Potter County bought it for $426,000 to gain new office spaces in 1995.[2] It was reopened in 2000, after Potter County spent approximately $14.1 million on renovating the building.[4]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Amarillo
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Potter County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Potter County
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Lutz, Jennifer (August 6, 2000). "Renovated Santa Fe Building sparkles in debut". Amarillo Globe-News.
- ^ "Editorial: Rail Museum gathers steam". Amarillo Globe-News. July 31, 2006.
- ^ "Santa Fe Building opening ceremony Saturday". Amarillo Globe-News. July 30, 2000.
External links
- Santa Fe Building, Amarillo entry on Emporis
- Amarillo Globe-News tour of the renovated Santa Fe Building in 2000.
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