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Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel

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Built
  
1872 (1872)

Designated ARLH
  
September 15, 1975

Area
  
2,800 m²

Architectural style
  
Italianate architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
76000329

Opened
  
1872

Phone
  
+1 256-437-3012

Added to NRHP
  
13 May 1976

Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel

Location
  
Main St., Stevenson, Alabama

Part of
  
Stevenson Historic District (#78000491)

Address
  
207 W Main St, Stevenson, AL 35772, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Monday8AM–3:30PMTuesday8AM–3:30PMWednesday8AM–3:30PMThursday8AM–3:30PMFriday8AM–3:30PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Fort Harker, Scottsboro‑Jackson Heritage Center, Fort Payne Depot Museum, Southern Railway System D, North Alabama Railroad

The Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel are a historic train station and hotel in Stevenson, Alabama. They were built circa 1872 as a joint project of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, whose lines converged in Stevenson. When the Memphis & Charleston was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1898, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (who had taken over the N&C in 1880) took sole control of the depot and operated it until 1976. It was converted into a history museum in 1982. Both buildings are brick with gable roofs and Italianate details. The depot has a central, second-story tower that was added in 1887. The three-story hotel had a lobby, dining room, and kitchen on the first floor and eight large guest rooms on the upper floors. The buildings were listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1975 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The building is now operated as the Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum and features area railroad and Civil War artifacts.

References

Stevenson Railroad Depot and Hotel Wikipedia