Marker Inscription
Community Planning and Develpment, Architecture
Historic Place
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) Passenger Depot
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About this site
St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) Passenger Depot is a historic place in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 17 historic places documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3547, -95.2992 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tyler Tap Railroad (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Tyler Grocery Company, Moore Grocery Co. Building, and Blackstone Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2001000873. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Cotton Belt passenger depot opened on June 2, 1905, built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway just west of its Tyler rail yard. The last passenger train ran in April 1956, after which the depot was used for railway offices until being abandoned; the Southern Pacific deeded it to the City of Tyler in 1988. Restored and reopened in 2003, it now houses the Cotton Belt Depot Museum, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtylertexasonline.com
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