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COPPER SPIKE EXCURSION TRAIN- EVENTS Public Comment & Photo Gallery
Copper Spike will RETURN Fall '09....
2009 Events held aboard the Copper Spike
| COPPER SPIKE EXCURSION TRAIN- EVENTS | Public Comment & Photo Gallery |
| Copper Spike will RETURN Fall '09.... | 2009 Events held aboard the Copper Spike |
The Restoration of the Train Depot
The old Train Depot at he end of Broadstreet was originally designed by one of the southwestern region’s most prominent architectural firms, Trost and Trost, the complex was listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1987. It initially housed three brick structures which included a restaurant, freight office and depot. The restaurant suffered fire damage in 2000 and was torn down by the city. The focus to preserve the remaining freight office was spearheaded by Kip Culver, director of the Main Street program and accomplished through hundreds-of-hours of volunteer labor from local citizens. Today the freight office houses Centennial Hall where visitors can see historical documents and artifacts contributed by many of Globe’s founding families. Henry C. Trost – Visionary. Architect. 1860 - 1933
Henry Trost, was considered by some the greatest architect the Southwest has ever seen. His firm, Trost and Trost, consisted of Henry and histwo brothers and together they designed at least 300 buildings in El Paso as well as hundred more throughout Texas, Mexico and Arizona. It was reported in the El Paso Times in 1933 , “practically every town within 500 miles of el Paso has one or more buildings designed by Mr. Trost.”And according to Bill Otwell, who has been contracted by Main Street to do the building assessment on the complex, “Trosts’ contribution as an architect is significant not only for the number buildings he produced, but for the ease and virtuosity with which he worked in virtually every current style, from Victorian to Art Deco.”
The fact that Trost was brought to Globe at the turn-of-the century to design the Depot complex reflected the passion and money which flowed through town during the hey day of the Old Dominion Mine and others. The town fathers and the movers-and-shakers of the area wanted the best. Otwell goes on to say, “…Eager to project an image of prosperous cosmopolitanism, the state’s and region’s best known architects were hired to design buildings in the latest styles, including the Neoclassical Revival style of the Globe Depot Complex.”
NOTE: The railroads played a key part in building the communities of Globe,Miami and Superior. We will be bringing you more articles and links regarding this history in the future. Look here for more info on the Railroads. 
