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| name         = Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Como Roundhouse.JPG
| caption      = The roundhouse.
| location     = Off  [[U.S. Route 285 in Colorado|US&nbsp;285]], [[Como, Colorado]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|39|19|1|N|105|53|29|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Colorado#USA
| built        = 1879-1881
| architect    =
| architecture = Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
| added        = May 20, 1983
| area         = {{convert|5|acre|ha}}
| refnum       = 83003880
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The '''Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex''' is a collection of historic buildings in [[Como, Colorado]].
==History==
The {{Track gauge|3ft|lk=on}} [[narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge]] [[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad]] (DSPPR) reached Como in June 1879. The year 1881 saw construction of the '''Como Roundhouse''', and it is believed to have been built by Italian stonemasons who had settled in the Como area. The original stone section remains, preservation work was undertaken to the walls and roof in the 1980s.
The Depot was constructed in 1879 and soon thereafter extended to its current L shape. It has been restored for use as a seasonal museum by the [[Denver, South Park & Pacific Historical Society]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Liollio|first=Z.P.|title=Como depot resurrection|magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|pages=44–45|issue=February 2021|publisher=[[Kalmbach Media|Kalmbach]]}}</ref>
The first Hotel on the site was the Gilman, which opened for business on New Year's Eve 1880. The Gilman was extended in 1882/3 and then taken over by the Union Pacific's hotel division in 1885. They improved the building, rebuilding and extending it. In November 1896 the building burned to the ground.
Bricks salvaged from the fire and part of the foundation were used in building the existing hotel, which was called the ''South Park Hotel'' by the Railroad.
The last train through Como was in April 1937; the tracks were pulled up the following year. Track has now been relaid connecting the Depot and Roundhouse roughly 800&nbsp;ft to the southeast. An operational locomotive, ''Klondike Kate'', now resides in it.<ref>[http://www.coloradopreservation.org/preservationist/issues/cpm_06_spg.pdf Como, Hub of the Denver South Park & Pacific Railroad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922132952/http://www.coloradopreservation.org/preservationist/issues/cpm_06_spg.pdf |date=2007-09-22 }}. ''Colorado Preservationist'', Spring 2006: 5.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.southparkrail.com South Park Rail Society – official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070410091039/http://www.coloradopreservation.org/epp/sites/epp_06_03.html Como Depot listing] on Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s Endangered Places Program
*[http://www.narrowgauge.org/ngc/html/excursion4/gkazel/excursion4-como.html Historic and modern photos of the buildings] at ''The Narrow Gauge Circle''
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Park County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado]]
[[Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Colorado]]
[[Category:Colorado Mining Boom]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Railroad roundhouses in Colorado]]
[[Category:Railway hotels in the United States]]
[[Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado]]
[[Category:Railway roundhouses on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Railway depots on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado]]
[[Category:Former railway stations in Colorado]]