Santa Fe Depot — Oklahoma Historic Postcards

From my Oklahoma City postcard collection…

Just east of the Ford Center at the entry to Bricktown is the Santa Fe Depot. This is a magnificent art deco building is from the late 30’s. It’s still used today for Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer. It has also been restored and used for events such as a wedding reception I attended there.

As a small child I remember going there to catch the train to Houston to visit my aunt. It was a bustling place back then, and of course seemed gigantic to me. The train stopped running sometime during the 60’s or 70’s and the Santa Fe Depot sat abandoned. I recall thinking during the 80’s and 90’s that this would have be a great place to open a Oklahoma City Hard Rock Cafe!

Originally posted on okchomesellers.com