Katy Depot

Katy Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	3102 Lee Street Greenville, Texas
Coordinates	33°8′25″N 96°6′44″W / 33.14028°N 96.11222°WCoordinates: 33°8′25″N 96°6′44″W / 33.14028°N 96.11222°W
Area	3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
Built	1896
Architect	Stephen W. Didge; Thompson & P.Gray
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	96001625[1]
Added to NRHP	January 25, 1997

The Katy Depot is a train depot constructed in Greenville, Texas, in 1896. It was operated by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. It was registered in the United States National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1997.

The building foundation is made of limestone, and its walls are built of red brick with cut sandstone wainscoting.

The train depot is also home to the Greenville Railroad Museum.^[2]

President Harry Truman stopped at the station in 1948 during his “whistle stop” campaign tour.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunt County, Texas

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. KELLAR, BRAD. "Katy Depot busy with train show, TV shoot". Herald-Banner. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

• C. W. Gasaway, “Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation Report, M. K. T. Ry.,” Form #68R, April 3, 1920, pp. 80–95.
• W. Walworth Harrison, History of Greenville and Hunt County, Texas, (Waco: Texian Press, 1976), p. 219.
• Greenville Herald Banner, September 26, 1988, p. AA3.
• http://www.greenville-texas.com/Katy%20Depot%20National%20Register%20Narrative.pdf.