Winslow station (Arizona)

Winslow, AZ
Entrance to La Posada Hotel
General information
Location501 East Second Street, Winslow, Arizona 86047
Coordinates35°01′15″N 110°41′41″W / 35.0208°N 110.6946°W / 35.0208; -110.6946
Line(s)BNSF Gallup / Seligman Subdivisions
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks5
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: WLO
History
RebuiltApril 1929–May 18, 1930[1][2]
Passengers
FY 20233,309[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Flagstaff
toward Los Angeles
 Southwest Chief Gallup
toward Chicago
Former services
Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station
Canyon Diablo
toward Los Angeles
 Main Line Joseph City
toward Chicago
Official nameWinslow Santa Fe station
DesignatedMarch 31, 1992
Part ofLa Posada Historic District
Reference no.92000256[4]
Architectural styleMission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
Location
Map

Winslow station is an Amtrak train station at 501 East Second Street in Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is served daily by Amtrak's Southwest Chief between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The Santa Fe Depot and La Posada Hotel Harvey House compound are the centerpiece of the La Posada Historic District (established 1992).

Architecture

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The Santa Fe Railway station was built in 1929, and the adjacent La Posada Hotel and Gardens was completed in 1930.[5]

Both were designed by renowned architect Mary Jane Colter.[5] She was the architect of various notable Fred Harvey Company buildings, including others at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and in New Mexico. She considered La Posada Hotel as her integrated interior/exterior masterpiece.[5]

Hotel

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La Posada Hotel, and the depot, combine elements of the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture styles. Characteristic Colter designed features include shaded colonnades and arcades, restaurants, red clay tile roofs above massed stuccoed walls, courtyards and acres of gardens, custom furniture, and decorative wrought ironwork throughout. The hotel building had two main entrances, a southern one on train platform and a northern one on the street for local people and U.S. Route 66 travelers.[6][7]

La Posada is one of the last of a series of hotel-depot complexes built across the Southwestern United States in a collaboration between Fred Harvey and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

The hotel was closed in 1957, turned into offices, and later abandoned.

Bought in 1997 to save it, it was substantially restored to reopen as a historic hotel and restaurant complex. Further restoration of the buildings and historic gardens is ongoing.[8] A parking lot and field east of the hotel totaling 8 acres (3.2 ha) is being converted into a sculpture garden, orchard, and potager garden by the Winslow Arts Trust (WAT).[9]

The Turquoise Room, the hotel's restaurant, was rated as one of the top 3 restaurants in the United States by Conde Naste in 2009.[10] The Tina Mion Museum exhibits Mion's contemporary paintings in the hotel's former 3,000 square feet (280 m2) ballroom.[11]

La Posada Hotel is mentioned in the Lost Dogs song "Goodbye Winslow" about traveling Route 66, on their album Old Angel.[citation needed]

Depot

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The Santa Fe Depot building serves as the present day Winslow Amtrak station. It was also renovated by the Winslow Arts Trust to house the Route 66 Art Museum, celebrating the culture of Winslow and the historic U.S. Route 66 in Arizona corridor.[12] In June 2016, work began to convert the depot section into a fine art museum.[13]

Downtown Winslow

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Attractions near La Posada Hotel in adjacent historic Downtown Winslow include:[14]

  • Old Trails Museum, in a 1920 bank building.
  • Snowdrift Art Space, in the 1914 Babbitt Brothers department store building.
  • Standin' on the Corner Park
  • Winslow Visitor Center, in the former 1917 Winslow Hubble Trading Post building.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Winslow Hotel Contract Given to Texas Firm". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. April 16, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Santa Fe Opens New Station and Harvey House at Winslow". The Colton Daily Courier. Colton, California. May 17, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Arizona" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Laposada.org: History of La Posada Hotel". Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Winslow, AZ – Great American Stations". Greatamericanstations.com. July 26, 1990. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  7. ^ "Laposada.org: The Fantasy − Mary Jane Colter's Vision". Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  8. ^ Laposada.org: La Posada Hotel
  9. ^ "The Winslow Arts Trust (WAT)". Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Turquoise Room at La Posada Hotel". Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  11. ^ "Laposada.org: Tina Mion Museum". Archived from the original on December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "About Winslow Arts Trust". Winslowartstrust.org. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  13. ^ Fisher, Talaina (June 29, 2016). "Work begins on a unique Route 66 fine art museum". The Tribune-News. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "Laposada.org: Attractions within walking distance of the La Posada Hotel". Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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