Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot (Headland, Alabama)

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	Photo of the depot from 1980

	Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Broad St., Headland, Alabama
Coordinates	31°21′13″N 85°20′33″W / 31.35361°N 85.34250°W
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1893
Built by	Abbeville Southern Railway
NRHP reference No.	80000687
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1980

The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot was a train station in Headland, Alabama. The depot was built in 1893 by the Abbeville Southern Railway, which built a line to connect Abbeville with the Alabama Midland Railway at Grimes. The Alabama Midland and Abbeville Southern became part of the Plant System in 1894, which was taken over by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1901 and merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967. Regular passenger service through Headland ended in 1929, although mixed service on freight trains continued through the mid-1950s. Freight service was discontinued in 1979. Despite efforts to renovate and repurpose the building, it was demolished after 1980.

The depot was built of local pine and oak, and covered with a gable roof with deep, bracketed eaves. The western third of the building was divided into two passenger waiting rooms and the agent's office, while the eastern two-thirds was a large freight storage area. A loading platform ran the length of the building along the tracks.^[2]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
^ Alabama Historical Commission (June 28, 1980). "Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2015. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

Preceding station	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad			Following station
Grimes toward Dothan		Dothan – Abbeville		Newville toward Abbeville

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

[nomform-2] Alabama Historical Commission (June 28, 1980). "Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2015. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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