Tenino station
Tenino Station, also known as the Tenino Depot, located in Tenino, Washington, was built by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1914 along the mainline from Portland, Oregon to Tacoma, Washington. The Tenino Depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
History
The depot ceased serving passengers in the 1950s, but continued to handle freight into the 1960s. It was finally closed in 1965. The depot remained abandoned. In 1975, the Burlington Northern Railroad gave the depot to the City of Tenino instead of demolishing it as a surplus property. The city began efforts to create an historic district by April of that year, suggesting moving the building in 1975 next to the Quarry House and the Tenino Stone Company Quarry.The city refurbished the depot and turned it into the Tenino Depot Museum, a museum of local history. Exhibits include a press used to make the original wood money, logging and quarry tools, railroad memorabilia, a 1920s doctor's office, and local antiques and historic artifacts. The museum is open weekend afternoons.