OXFORD DEPOT
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Historic Transportation
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Site, Transportation
- 50 Spring St, Oxford, AL 36203, USA
- 33.614315, -85.836106
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City of Oxford
OXFORD DEPOT
Inscription
OXFORD DEPOTBUILT 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)