Huntsville Depot
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Southern Railway System Depot
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The depot in July 2010
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| Location | 330 Church St., Huntsville, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1860 |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000101[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1971 |
| Designated ARLH | June 25, 2002[2] |
The Huntsville Depot located on the Norfolk Southern Railway line in downtown Huntsville is the oldest surviving railroad depot in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Completed in 1860, the depot served as eastern division headquarters for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.[3] It is listed on both the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
Huntsville was occupied by Union forces in 1862 during the Civil War as a strategic point on the railroad and the depot was used as a prison for Confederate soldiers. Graffiti left by the soldiers can still be seen on the walls. The Huntsville Depot saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train, Southern Railway's The Tennessean, on March 30, 1968. Today the Depot serves as a museum, part of the Early Works Museum.
See also
- Alabama Constitution Village
- North Alabama Railroad Museum
- List of museums in Alabama
- List of transport museums
References
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Railway stations opened in 1860
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Landmarks in Alabama
- Buildings and structures in Huntsville, Alabama
- Museums in Huntsville, Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places in Huntsville, Alabama
- Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
- Railroad museums in Alabama
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
