4 PHOTOS FOR SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DEPOT
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San Diego's California Southern rr depot was an example of Victorian Queen Anne architecture with a single central tower. Note the year 1887 on the tower's sides and a unique symbol within the dormers, which protrude from the four sides of the steep-pitched pyramid-shaped roof. The building has three parallel sections, each of which having track/street side protrusions, in a bay-window style - either with windows or distinctively decorated walls? Three triangle-shaped parapets face track and street sides. Displayed within those are a cross, resembling AT&SF's later well-known blue cross in a circle logo. The corners of the six bay-window fronts each form a square column topped with small domes. [http://www.sohosandiego.org/lostsd/santa_fe.htm]
(submitted by Rich A. on 05/24/14)
As seen during demolition in 1915 - also showing its replacement by the (extant) Santa Fe "Union Station" - this is a slightly closer view of the tower's Victorian Gingerbread architecture with distinctive detailing and ornamentation including relief panels, patterned shingles, differing wall textures, etc. so that picturesque massing represents this general architectural style. All of the depot's surfaces/faces are detailed using terra cotta or patterned wood shingles shaped into varying designs with hexagons, squares, triangles, etc. Note a side panel is removed from the lower right portion revealing the metal frame of the tower. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Diego_Depot_in_1915.jpg]
(submitted by Rich A. on 05/24/14)
A track side view showing each "Bay" section has a rounded roof topped with Victorian roof ridge ventilators or "clerestory lights" (rows of windows above eye level that allow light into a space). It appears that some could be opened for air circulation/convective cooling. [from Google images]
(submitted by Rich A. on 05/24/14)
A wide awning extends around the sides - a common sun-shading feature of early depots throughout the southwest. The edge of the awning appears to have two inside corners suggesting the near end of the depot is narrower than the far end section. (better seen in 1st photo above)
(submitted by Rich A. on 05/24/14)
