A rare opportunity to visit the Bay Area’s grandest railroad station, Oakland’s Southern Pacific 16th Street Station built in 1912, designed by Jarvis Hunt.

A destination for transcontinental travelers and transfer point to local electric rail, the Main Hall and Baggage Wing will be open for visitors. View the elevated electric rail platform and the signal tower, where the switches were monitored. This station was the major hub for arrivals to northern California, and a central focus of organizing for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and their leader C. L. Dellums.

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in January, 2025; find out about prospects for re-use and restoration. More information on our efforts to save this building at: https://www.oaklandheritage.org/16th-street-station

Important: Timed registration and waivers are required to enter the station, but the outside will be open to all

Learn more about other Doors Open sites at https://californiapreservation.org/doca/