Opened to the Santa Fe on January 18, 1930 for the regional offices of the Western Lines which comprised over 5,800 miles, the Santa Fe Building in Amarillo was one of the oldest and tallest buildings in the city standing at a dazzling height of 188 feet, 6-1/2 inches off the ground. This building was devoted to the business of the railroad company and even had a pneumatic tube system installed to facilitate the delivery of messages throughout the structure as well as 134 electric clocks all controlled by the master clock in the third floor of the Building Superintendent’s Office. This monument to western expansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1996 and continues to keep the Santa Fe name alive with its 40 feet long neon lights still adorning all four sides.
