Petaluma in Sonoma County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Petaluma Train Depot

Photographed by James King, June 11, 2021

1. Petaluma Train Depot Marker

Inscription. Petaluma’s railroad station, designed in the Mission Revival style by Southern Pacific Railroad architect D. J. Patterson for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, was built in 1914 to replace the original wooden 1871 station. It consisted of a passenger depot and baggage building and cost $7,000. As many as fourteen passenger trains a day passed through the station on their journeys between Sausalito and five North Bay counties, the last being in 1958. The station was restored in 2005 and now serves passenger trains of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Agency.

Erected 2021 by Native Sons of the Golden West. (Marker Number 145-1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.

Location. 38° 14.254′ N, 122° 38.131′ W. Marker is in Petaluma, California, in Sonoma County. It is on Lakeville Street when traveling south. The marker is on the left side of the main arch of the building, which is now the Petaluma Visitors Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 Lakeville St, Petaluma CA 94952, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area,

in Wine Country,

in the North Coast,

and specifically on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: The Burdell Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bill Soberanes (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sergeant Richard A. Penry (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cases Horseshoeing (approx. 0.4 miles away); Petaluma Historical Library and Museum (approx. 0.4 miles away); Volpi's Grocery (approx. 0.4 miles away); United Methodist Church (approx. half a mile away); The Willow Creek Inn (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Petaluma.

Petaluma Train Depot Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Doug Love, June 11, 2021

2. Petaluma Train Depot Dedication

Grand 2nd VP George Adams & Grand,President Ron Brocco

Northwestern Pacific Railroad image. Click for full size.

January 28, 2023

3. Northwestern Pacific Railroad

Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by James King of San Miguel, California. This page has been viewed 599 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2023, by James King of San Miguel, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.