Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum
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he Stevenson Depot Museum is a must if you are planning a visit to our beautiful city! It is home to many historical artifacts from the Civil War and from when the indians roamed this land.
The Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum is located at the heart of downtown Stevenson, Alabama, situated between the tracks of two major railroads. Its mission is to preserve an important part of railroading history through the display of related artifacts.
ocated downtown in its namesake city of northeast Alabama, the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum inhabits the historic 1872 depot built for common use by the Nashville & Chattanooga and the Memphis & Charleston railroads. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Remarkably, this structure is the second depot on the site: The first depot was erected around 1852 but was destroyed during the Civil War. Stevenson remains an active railroad town, situated on the former Southern Railway main between Chattanooga and Memphis. CSX Transportation retains operating rights from Chattanooga to Stevenson, where it departs the NS main and follows the former Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis main to Cowan and Nashville, Tennessee. Today's depot museum includes artifacts related to local history, local railroading, Native American culture, and Civil War era life. A Depot Days Festival is normally held in the first full week of June.
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The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976. It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts.
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to Sanford & Eastern #14
to Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington #16
to Claremont & Concord #16
to Rust Engineering
to Mead Containerboard
to City of Stevenson, 1990
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Links / Sources
- City of Stevenson AL website
- Railfan Guides of the US Stevenson page
- Wikipedia article for Stevenson depot and hotel
