Marker Inscription
Transportation, Architecture
Historic Place
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot
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About this site
Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway Depot is a historic place in Lubbock, Lubbock County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 9 historic places documented in Lubbock County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 51 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5787, -101.8426 near Lubbock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cactus Theater (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lubbock Post Office and Federal Building, Lubbock County, and Lubbock, Colonel T. S. & Texas in the Civil War.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2090001120. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This Spanish Renaissance Revival passenger and freight depot was built in Lubbock in 1928 at a cost of about $45,889, designed by Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hedrick to mark the arrival of a second major rail line into the city. It was named Lubbock's first Historic Landmark in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. After the building was abandoned and later used as a restaurant, the City of Lubbock restored it as the Buddy Holly Center, honoring the Lubbock-born rock-and-roll pioneer.
Sources: hmdb.orgsah-archipedia.org
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