U.s. Car. No. 1
U.S. presidential railroad car in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Ferdinand Magellan is a former Pullman Company private car that served as Presidential Rail Car, U.S. Number 1 from 1943 until 1958. It is named after the Portuguese explorer. The current owner, Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami-Dade County, Florida, acquired it in 1959. The Ferdinand Magellan was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service on February 4, 1985.
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The record
| Property type | Object |
| Address | 3398 SW. 9th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| County | Broward County |
| Listed | Aug 24, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77000401 |
| Type of place | private railroad car |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 objects |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 3398 SW. 9th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Coordinates | 26.08148, -80.15138 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Biscayne National Park · 41 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Boca Chita Campground 39 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000401. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.