Huntsville Depot

Huntsville Depot

The Huntsville Depot located on the Norfolk Southern Railroad 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 division headquarters for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

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.



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