The Union Pacific Railroad Complex in Evanston includes the depot, the roundhouse, and several ancillary buildings from the railroad's 19th-century heyday. This was a major division point on the transcontinental route, and the scale of the surviving structures reflects that importance. The buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The restored depot at Depot Square is the most accessible part of the complex for visitors — a handsome Victorian-era building that has been repurposed as a community space. The Chinese Joss House reconstruction nearby commemorates the Chinese workers who built the transcontinental railroad through this section and formed a substantial community in early Evanston.