Pony Express Stables
Also known as: Pike's Peak Stables914 Penn St., St. Joseph, Missouri
Photos
Photo taken for the Historic American Buildings Survey
Map
Coordinates:
+39.75629, -94.8490639°45'23" N, 94°50'57" W
Quadrangle map:Saint Joseph North
Description
The original building on this site was the starting point for the Pony Express, which carried mail form St. Joseph to Sacramento, California between April 1860 and October 1861. -- Historic American Buildings Survey
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1970
- Reference number
- 70000322
- Areas of significance
- Transportation; Communications
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Animal facility
- Current function
- Museum
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant years
- 1858; 1860; 1861
Update Log
- May 9, 2017: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
- April 28, 2012: Imported photos from HABS/HAER
- July 15, 2010: New Street View added by Ruth Reynolds