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TOP - The Mound House train depot is seen here, in this view to the south. On the right is the standard gauge V&T, and to the left the narrow gauge Carson & Colorado - Date? Photographer?
BOTTOM - The Mound House passenger dates back to the early 1880's with the advent of the Carson & Colorado Railroad from this point. This view looks northwesterly towards the depot. Probably taken about 1910 based on the well maintained appearance of the building and its surroundings, (and some minor architectural differences) in contrast to later views taken in the 1930s when the building and rail yards appear abandoned and forlorn. Additionally, the Southern Pacific (SP) style Mound House sign appears on the south side of the depot in this image, while in later years (1930's), the sign on this end of the structure had been removed as SP no longer had any interest in the depot after 1934. Virginia & Truckee Railroad water car 2 can be seen across the railroad tracks which provided water for Mound House. SP railroad (former Carson & Colorado) tracks on the right (east) side of the building. The freight depot is partly visible to the right (north) of the passenger depot. The old passenger depot was sold by the V&T on 25 May 1938 with the provision it be moved off site within 30 days. The new owner complied, and consequently the structure was removed by early June, to a new location on North Carson Street in Carson City (same block as the present City Center Hotel) where it was used as a warehouse. Subsequently, in the mid-1950s, the structure was moved a block south across Washington Street, and then moved one last last time a few years later to a site near Lone Mountain Cemetery, where it was used as a residence. The old depot apparently burned down sometime in the late 1960's. One of the two Mound House signs from the depot is the only known surviving remnant of the building, and now resides in the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City - Circa 1910 Rick Donaldson.
BOTTOM - The Mound House passenger dates back to the early 1880's with the advent of the Carson & Colorado Railroad from this point. This view looks northwesterly towards the depot. Probably taken about 1910 based on the well maintained appearance of the building and its surroundings, (and some minor architectural differences) in contrast to later views taken in the 1930s when the building and rail yards appear abandoned and forlorn. Additionally, the Southern Pacific (SP) style Mound House sign appears on the south side of the depot in this image, while in later years (1930's), the sign on this end of the structure had been removed as SP no longer had any interest in the depot after 1934. Virginia & Truckee Railroad water car 2 can be seen across the railroad tracks which provided water for Mound House. SP railroad (former Carson & Colorado) tracks on the right (east) side of the building. The freight depot is partly visible to the right (north) of the passenger depot. The old passenger depot was sold by the V&T on 25 May 1938 with the provision it be moved off site within 30 days. The new owner complied, and consequently the structure was removed by early June, to a new location on North Carson Street in Carson City (same block as the present City Center Hotel) where it was used as a warehouse. Subsequently, in the mid-1950s, the structure was moved a block south across Washington Street, and then moved one last last time a few years later to a site near Lone Mountain Cemetery, where it was used as a residence. The old depot apparently burned down sometime in the late 1960's. One of the two Mound House signs from the depot is the only known surviving remnant of the building, and now resides in the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City - Circa 1910 Rick Donaldson.
