Kelso Depot

E109745

historic site railway station visitor center

Kelso Depot is a historic former railroad station and visitor center in California’s Mojave Desert, notable for its Spanish Mission Revival architecture and role in serving travelers and workers along the Union Pacific Railroad.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kelso Depot Visitor Center	2
Kelso Depot canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T925466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kelso Depot
Context triple: [Mojave National Preserve, containsFeature, Kelso Depot]

A. Point of Rocks station
Point of Rocks station is a historic railroad station in Maryland that serves MARC’s Brunswick Line and is noted for its distinctive Victorian Gothic architecture at the junction of major rail lines.
B. Barstow Yard
Barstow Yard is a major railroad classification and freight yard in Barstow, California, serving as a key hub for train operations in the region.
C. Corry Station
Corry Station is a U.S. Navy installation in Escambia County, Florida, primarily known as a training center for information warfare, cryptology, and related technical fields.
D. Harvey House Railroad Depot
The Harvey House Railroad Depot is a historic train station and former Harvey House hotel in Barstow, California, now serving as a preserved landmark and cultural center.
E. Wellington Yard
Wellington Yard is a railway yard associated with Wellington station, used for storing, organizing, and managing trains and rolling stock.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kelso Depot
Target entity description: Kelso Depot is a historic former railroad station and visitor center in California’s Mojave Desert, notable for its Spanish Mission Revival architecture and role in serving travelers and workers along the Union Pacific Railroad.

A. Point of Rocks station
Point of Rocks station is a historic railroad station in Maryland that serves MARC’s Brunswick Line and is noted for its distinctive Victorian Gothic architecture at the junction of major rail lines.
B. Barstow Yard
Barstow Yard is a major railroad classification and freight yard in Barstow, California, serving as a key hub for train operations in the region.
C. Corry Station
Corry Station is a U.S. Navy installation in Escambia County, Florida, primarily known as a training center for information warfare, cryptology, and related technical fields.
D. Harvey House Railroad Depot
The Harvey House Railroad Depot is a historic train station and former Harvey House hotel in Barstow, California, now serving as a preserved landmark and cultural center.
E. Wellington Yard
Wellington Yard is a railway yard associated with Wellington station, used for storing, organizing, and managing trains and rolling stock.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ railway station ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mission Revival style ⓘ surface form: Mission Revival architecture Spanish Colonial Revival ⓘ surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
category	Buildings and structures in San Bernardino County, California ⓘ Former Union Pacific Railroad stations ⓘ Mission Revival architecture in California ⓘ Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California ⓘ
closingDate	1985 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	visitor center for Mojave National Preserve ⓘ
hasCoordinates	35.012°N 115.653°W ⓘ
hasFacility	baggage room ⓘ dormitory rooms ⓘ offices ⓘ restaurant known as the Beanery ⓘ waiting room ⓘ
hasPart	Kelso Depot self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kelso Depot Visitor Center
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception	1924 ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Kelso, California ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ San Bernardino County ⓘ surface form: San Bernardino County, California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Kelso Dunes ⓘ Mojave Road ⓘ
locatedOn	Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
material	stucco ⓘ
numberOfStoreys	2 ⓘ
openingDate	1924 ⓘ
operator	Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
ownedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
partOf	Mojave National Preserve ⓘ
railwayLine	Union Pacific Railroad main line through the Mojave Desert ⓘ
restorationDate	early 2000s ⓘ
roofMaterial	red clay tile ⓘ
significantEvent	served as a service stop for steam locomotives crossing the Mojave Desert ⓘ served miners and railroad workers in the Kelso area ⓘ
use	hotel ⓘ railroad station ⓘ restaurant ⓘ telegraph office ⓘ visitor center ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mojave National Preserve → containsFeature → Kelso Depot ⓘ

Mojave National Preserve → hasVisitorCenter → Kelso Depot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kelso Depot Visitor Center

Kelso Depot → hasPart → Kelso Depot self-linksurface differs ⓘ