Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
Historic Brownsville Museum
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Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot
Official Historical Medallion, Texas Historical Commission
This depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1928 as part of its extension into the Rio Grande Valley. A fine example of Spanish colonial revival architecture, the depot features a tile roof, arcades, curvilinear parapets, and other ornamentation common to that style. The structure was used as a passenger depot until 1952. It now serves as a reminder of the railroad’s impact on the development of Brownsville and the lower Rio Grande Valley.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1985
Entered in the National Register of Historic Places, 1978
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Brownsville Heritage Trail
El Museo Histórico de Brownsville
So. Pacific Depot
Esta estación de ferrocarril es una de cuatro que fueron construidas en esta parte de la frontera por el disenador Leonard B. McCoy. El estilo que fue usado en las cuatro estaciones es renacimento colonial español. Era un estilo muy popular en el periódo de 1920. La extensión de las lineas de ferrocarril al valle en la primera parte del siglo fue un desarollo muy importante.
Funding provided by Historic Brownsville Museum Association
Marker is on East Madison Street east of E. 6th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
