Misplaced Pages

Milton station (Florida)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Louisville and Nashville Depot (Milton, Florida)) United States historic place
Louisville and Nashville Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Milton station (Florida) is located in FloridaMilton station (Florida)Show map of FloridaMilton station (Florida) is located in the United StatesMilton station (Florida)Show map of the United States
LocationMilton, Florida
Coordinates30°37′14″N 87°2′2″W / 30.62056°N 87.03389°W / 30.62056; -87.03389
Built1909
ArchitectL & N Engineering Department
NRHP reference No.82001041
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1982

The Louisville and Nashville Depot is an historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot located at 206 Henry Street in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was built in 1909 on the site of the former Pensacola and Atlantic depot built in 1882 which burned down in 1907. In 1973, the station was closed, but partially restored with a 1976 Bicentennial grant.

On October 29, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 1989, the depot was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture.

Today the building is owned by the Santa Rosa Historical Society.

West Florida Railroad Museum

The West Florida Railroad Museum opened in the depot in 1989, and contains a collection of preserved railroad cars and railroad memorabilia from the L & N Railroad, Frisco Railroad and other railroads. The type of railroad car displays include two dining cars, two former Pullman Company sleeper cars that were renovated into L&N baggage-dormitory cars, two caboose cars, a boxcar and a flatcar. The museum also features a bridge tender's house from the Escambia Bay trestle bridge, and a section shed with motor car.

The museum sponsors two model railroad clubs: the West Florida Model Railroad Club and the Emerald Coast Garden Railway Club.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 9, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3


Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
Galt Citytoward Myrtlewood MyrtlewoodChattahoochee Holtstoward Chattahoochee

Gallery

External links

Media related to Louisville and Nashville Depot (Milton, Florida) at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Lists
by county


Lists by city
Other lists
Categories: