San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot

The San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot is a handsome Mission Revival railway terminal built in 1918, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was the dominant carrier in Southern California. The building features arched openings, a terracotta-tile roof, and a long covered platform that once handled enormous passenger volumes during the railway's golden years.

The depot still serves as a Metrolink commuter rail station (San Bernardino–Depot), linking the city to Los Angeles. The historic waiting room and exterior are worth a look on arrival or departure — the building has been well-preserved and gives a strong sense of what early twentieth-century travel looked like in the inland empire.

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The depot was built in 1918 at the height of the Santa Fe Railway's ambitions in Southern California. The building's Mission Revival style was a deliberate choice — a visual argument that this was California territory, not just another Midwestern railroad town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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