Scottsboro Railroad Depot

Scottsboro Railroad Depot (HMEPQ)

Location: Scottsboro, AL 35768 Jackson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 40.506', W 86° 2.214'

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The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company constructed the Scottsboro Railroad Depot in 1860-1861 as a passenger and freight facility. The rail line ran throughout the Confederacy and the Union considered its capture vital to cutting off supplies to the south. On January 8, 1865, the Depot was the site of an intense battle between 101st U.S. Colored Infantry and the 110th U.S. Colored Infantry, who held the Depot, and Confederate soldiers led by Brigadier-General H. B. Lyon. The out-numbered Union soldiers defended the station until Confederate artillery fire drove them from the building. In 1870, newly incorporated Scottsboro designated the Depot as the center point of town when laying out the city limits. With the completion of a new building in 1891, the Depot stopped handling passenger traffic. The Depot remained important in the economic and social activity of the city until the 1960's. The Depot is one of only three remaining pre-Civil War railroad depots in the State of Alabama.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998
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HM NumberHMEPQ
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Placed ByAlabama Historical Commission
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 5:36am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 588231 N 3837435
Decimal Degrees34.67510000, -86.03690000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 40.506', W 86° 2.214'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 40' 30.36" N, 86° 2' 12.84" W
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Area Code(s)256, 205
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-299 E Maple Ave, Scottsboro AL 35768, US
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