Southern Railway Terminal and Warehouse Historic District
Roughly bounded by Depot Ave., N. Central Ave. and Sullivan St. and S. Central Ave., Vine Ave., and N. and S. Gay St., Knoxville, Tennessee
Southern Railway Passenger Depot that was erected when Knoxville was Southern's most active terminal.
Photos
Southern Railway Union Passenger Depot Rail Side from Gay Street Viaduct
Smoky Railway Museum Rolling Stock in Foreground
Photo taken by Bob Davis
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Coordinates:
+35.96953, -83.9197835°58'10" N, 83°55'11" W
Quadrangle map:Knoxville
Description
Construction was begun 18 months earlier and, due to the rapid expansion of rail activity through Knoxville, soon became overcrowded resulting in the construction of an additional structure of similar architectural design for the dining and railway express services. The smaller structure is erroneously known as the Southern Freight Depot. It was opened for use on October 15, 1907 as the Southern Railway Expess and Dining Facility. Baggage and Passengers were handled by the larger building and freight through other structures, some no longer standing, on the downtown side of the main tracks opposite the depots.
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 18, 1985
- Reference number
- 85002909
- NR name
- Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District
- Architectural styles
- American Movement: Chicago; Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival; Victorian: Italianate
- Areas of significance
- Commerce; Transportation; Architecture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Multiple dwelling; Rail-related; Manufacturing facility; Specialty store; Warehouse
- Current functions
- Specialty store; Multiple dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1850-1874; 1925-1949
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 67
Contributing structures: 1
Non-contributing buildings: 7
Update Log
- February 12, 2021: New photos from Michael Miller
- February 12, 2021: New photos from Michael Miller
- February 12, 2021: New photos from Michael Miller
- May 23, 2013: Updated by Bob Davis: Alter description text to be more exact as to the location of the freight facilites.
- May 23, 2013: Updated by Bob Davis: Alter description text to b emore exact as to the location of the freight facilites.
- May 23, 2013: Updated by Bob Davis: Alter description text to be more exact as to the location of the freight facilites.
- January 3, 2013: New Street View added by Andrew Wood
- December 30, 2012: Updated by Bob Davis: Added Southern Railway tag, Removed Chicago tag
- December 30, 2012: Updated by Bob Davis: Added dates of completion and description of usage
- March 17, 2012: New photo from Bob Davis