Texas & Pacific Railway Depot plaque, Baird
Description:
TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
TEXAS
OFFICIAL HISTORICAL MEDALLION
TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY DEPOT
IN 1881, THE FIRST STORY OF THIS BRICK DEPOT WAS BUILT AS A STATION FOR THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY. TWO YEARS LATER, A SECOND FLOOR WS ADDED TO THE STRUCTURE, AND THE NEW RAILROAD TOWN OF BAIRD WAS CHOSEN CALLAHAN COUNTY SEAT. THE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DEPOT, WHICH FEATURES DECORATIVE BRICKWORK, WAS USED BY THE RAILROAD UNTIL 1977. ITS PRESENCE IS A REMINDER OF THE TOWN'S IMPORTANCE AS A SHIPPING POIN…
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Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner:
UNT Libraries