In 1888, at the request of local residents, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a depot at Mountain View Station at a cost of $4,000. The second floor served as living quarters for the station agent. By 1892, ten passenger trains stopped daily at the station, and today that number has increased to 76 trains per day. By the late 1950's, the depot was in serious disrepair, and in 1959 the Southern Pacific Railroad had it removed. Today's modern recreation of the original train station building was dedicated on the City's Centennial on November 7, 2002.