Niles Depot Museum

The Niles Depot Museum is located in the former Southern Pacific Railroad colonnade-style passenger depot built in 1901, and freight depot, located in the Niles District of Fremont, California, United States.

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Museum
Description: railway museum in Niles, California
Also known as: “Niles Depot” and “Niles station”
Address: 37592 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and Vallejo Flour Mill.

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Museum

Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is located in what is now the Niles district in the city of Fremont, California. The museum is housed in the Edison Theater building, a century-old Nickelodeon movie theater, just half a block from the former site of the Niles Essanay Studios where Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin made films in the 1910s. Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is situated 520 feet west of Niles Depot Museum.

Vallejo Flour Mill

Ruins

Photo: Infosquawk, Public domain.

The first Vallejo Flour Mill, in the Niles district of Fremont, California, was built in 1841 by José de Jesús Vallejo, elder brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on his Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda, along with a dam and aqueduct to power it. Vallejo Flour Mill is situated 1,700 feet east of Niles Depot Museum.

Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area

Park

Photo: sfbaywalk, CC BY 2.0.

Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area is a regional park located in Fremont, California that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. Before being converted into a park, the site was used as a gravel quarry. Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area is situated 1¼ miles west of Niles Depot Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shinn and Pabrico.

Shinn

Hamlet

Shinn was a former unincorporated community around the Western Pacific Railroad station, constructed 1909 on the south bank of Alameda Creek at the end of Shinn Street.

Pabrico

Hamlet

Pabrico is a neighborhood of Union City, Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 52 feet. Formerly an unincorporated community. Pabrico is named after Oakland Paving Brick Co. operated here from 1901 to 1912. Pabrico is situated 1½ miles west of Niles Depot Museum.

Dresser

Hamlet

Dresser is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, United States. Its ZIP code is 94536 and its area codes are 510 and 341. Dresser is situated 1½ miles northeast of Niles Depot Museum.

Niles Depot Museum

Categories: railway museum, former railway station, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Alameda, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.57749° or 37° 34′ 39″ north

Longitude

-121.9784° or 121° 58′ 42″ west

Operator

Niles Depot Historical Foundation

Open location code

849WH2GC+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 781982603

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7037022

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In Other Languages

“Niles Depot Museum” goes by many names.

French: “Niles Depot”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Niles Town Plaza and Western Pacific 467.

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