National Register #76000536
Cloverdale Railroad Station
Railroad Avenue
Cloverdale
We couldn't find the Cloverdale Railroad Station. The National Register of Historic
Places lists the address only as Railroad Avenue, but Railroad Avenue is bisected
by the landfill of Highway 101 with no depot in evidence on either side of the highway.
We stopped at a small pub near the Highway 101 embankment where several neighborhood
women were taking their afternoon refreshment. They told us that the station used to stand
a few feet away but that it burned down. One of them recalled being awakened by the fire
trucks and going outdoors to watch the unsuccessful effort to save the building. The neighbors
couldn't remember exactly when the fire happened, but they agreed that it was long ago and
that it was caused by vagrants spending the night in the abandoned building.
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