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Blackshear Depot

Coordinates: 31°18′9″N 82°14′29″W / 31.30250°N 82.24139°W / 31.30250; -82.24139
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Blackshear Depot
Blackshear Depot is located in Georgia
Blackshear Depot
Blackshear Depot is located in the United States
Blackshear Depot
Location200 S. Central Ave., Blackshear, Georgia
Coordinates31°18′9″N 82°14′29″W / 31.30250°N 82.24139°W / 31.30250; -82.24139
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1917
Built bySavannah, Florida & Western RR Co.
Architectural styleDepot
NRHP reference No.00000070[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 2000

The Blackshear Depot, at 200 S. Central Ave. in Blackshear in Pierce County, Georgia, was built in 1917 by the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway It was used for passenger service into the 1950s and freight service into the 1970s. It is adjacent to the city hall and city park.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

It is a one-story brick building with long rectangular form typical of depots in Georgia. It has a wide-eaved hipped roof over the main portion of the building, which held passenger waiting rooms and offices. It has a gabled-end roof over the long freight warehouse section of the building.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Gretchen B. Kinnard; Michael Jacobs (January 6, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blackshear Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved September 9, 2017. With 11 photos from 1997.
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Waycross
toward Tampa
Main Line Patterson
toward Richmond