Built 1860 Designated ARLH June 25, 2002 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 10 September 1971 | NRHP Reference # 71000101 Opened 1860 Phone +1 256-564-8100 | |
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Address 320 Church St NW, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA Hours Closed now Thursday10AM–3PMFriday10AM–3PMSaturday10AM–3PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday10AM–3PM Similar Alabama Constitution Village, EarlyWorks Children's History M, Burritt on the Mountain, Huntsville Botanical Garden, North Alabama Railroad | ||
Automatons at huntsville depot museum
The Huntsville Depot located on the Norfolk Southern Railway 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 eastern division headquarters for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. It is listed on both the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and National Register of Historic Places.
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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.