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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot

  • Also Known As: Berea Welcome Center
  • Also Known As: L and N Passenger Station also The Depot
  • Address: Broadway
  • Vicinity: Adams St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Louisville & Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot is a red brick train depot between Lexington, KY and Knoxville, TN. The original building included a main lobby, men's restroom, ladies waiting room (with their own restroom), ticket agent's office (secured by bars on all the windows) and station master's office. Also, there was a separate but equal entrance, waiting area, ticket window and restrooms for people of color, all required by the 1904 Day Law. L&N ended passenger train service in 1968 and freight service in 1969. Today, about 30 CSX freight trains pass the station daily. In 1987, the L&N Depot opened as the Berea Welcome Center for town visitors. - AsNotedIn

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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1919/00/00 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Owner Louisville and Nashville Railway builds a brick depot with "separate but equal" entrance, waiting area, ticket window and restrooms for "people of color" and whites
1959/00/00 Pullman Palace Car Company Operator Pullman Sleeper service on the Flamingo is discontinued
1968/03/00 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Owner Louisville and Nashville discontinues passenger train service in March 1968 and freight service by 1969

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Particulars for Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Owner Private
Area of Significance Railroad
Historic Use Railroad Depot
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 75000797
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: L and N Railway Engineering Dept.
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1917, 1919
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Other
Current Sub-Function:

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