The Greenville station, also known as Katy Depot, is a train depot constructed in 1896 in Greenville, Texas. It was operated by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. It was registered in the United States National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1997.
Katy Depot | |
Katy Depot in 2013 | |
Location | 3102 Lee St., Greenville, Texas |
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Coordinates | 33°8′25″N 96°6′44″W / 33.14028°N 96.11222°W |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
Built | 1896 |
Built by | Thompson & P.Gray |
Architect | Stephen W. Dodge |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 96001625[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 25, 1997 |
The building foundation is made of limestone, and its walls are built of red brick with cut sandstone wainscoting.
The train depot is also home to the Greenville Railroad Museum.[2]
President Harry Truman stopped at the station in 1948 during his “whistle stop” campaign tour.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ KELLAR, BRAD (December 9, 2006). "Katy Depot busy with train show, TV shoot". Herald-Banner. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- C. W. Gasaway, “Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation Report, M. K. T. Ry.,” Form #68R, April 3, 1920, pp. 80–95.
- W. Walworth Harrison, History of Greenville and Hunt County, Texas, (Waco: Texian Press, 1976), p. 219.
- Greenville Herald Banner, September 26, 1988, p. AA3.
- http://www.greenville-texas.com/Katy%20Depot%20National%20Register%20Narrative.pdf.
Preceding station | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | Following station | ||
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Rockwall toward Galveston
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Main Line via Dallas
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Celeste toward St. Louis
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External links
editMedia related to Katy Depot at Wikimedia Commons