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OXFORD DEPOT

Program
Historic Transportation
Subject
Site, Transportation
Location
50 Spring St, Oxford, AL 36203, USA
Lat/Long
33.614315, -85.836106
Grant Recipient
City of Oxford
Historic Marker

OXFORD DEPOT

Inscription

OXFORD DEPOT
BUILT 1884 BY EAST TN, VA & GA
RAILROAD FOR PASSENGERS AND
FREIGHT. SHIPMENTS OF IRON &
COTTON AIDED POST-CIVIL WAR
ECONOMY. CLOSED CA. 1962.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024

In 1884, the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway constructed the Italianate-style depot and freight warehouse. The depot played a vital role in the development of Oxford’s post-Civil War economy with the transportation of cotton, iron and people and symbolically represented the “New South.” (Groundbreaking signals new life for old train depot in Oxford, Alabama, AlabamaNewsCenter.com. Accessed 11 June 2024)

After the depot’s closure in 1962, it was acquired by the Oxford Water Works. According to a report compiled by investigators from Jacksonville State University’s Department of Earth Sciences, the building was subsequently used for storage by a local hardware company. (A Study of the Oxford Train Depot, Jacksonville State University, 2004) In 2023, the depot was acquired by a local business owner with plans to renovate the structure to house a restaurant and event center. (Groundbreaking signals new life for old train depot in Oxford, Alabama, AlabamaNewsCenter.com. Accessed 11 June 2024)