Southern Railway Depot (Decatur, Alabama)

Southern Railway Depot
The depot in July 2010
Location 701 Railroad St., NW, Decatur, Alabama
Coordinates 34°36′49″N 86°59′12″W / 34.61361°N 86.98667°W / 34.61361; -86.98667Coordinates: 34°36′49″N 86°59′12″W / 34.61361°N 86.98667°W / 34.61361; -86.98667
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1905 (1905)
Architect Milburn, Frank
NRHP reference # 80004470[1]
Added to NRHP March 10, 1980

The Southern Railway Depot is a historic building in Decatur, Alabama. The depot was built in 1904–05 along the Southern Railway line. Decatur had become a transportation hub of North Alabama by the 1870s, with its connections to the Tennessee River, the east-west Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad (later operated by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Southern Railway), and the north-south Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It functioned as a passenger station until 1979, when Amtrak cancelled its Floridian service. The station is built of brick painted white, with quoins on the corners. The building has a rectangular central section with narrower wings stretching along the tracks. The central section has a hipped roof, while the wings have gable roofs; both have deep eaves with decorative brackets. The main entrance is covered by a porte-cochère with arched openings.[2] The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (July 9, 2010). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  2. Mertins, Ellen; Lee Sentell (January 7, 1980). "Southern Railway Depot". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.


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