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Normal Depot
Walker Ave., Memphis,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 6' 58.867776",
-89° 56' 22.789356"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places |
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Southern Railway's Normal Depot was completed in
time for the dedication of the West Tennessee
Normal School on September 10, 1912. A brick
Craftsman-style building with a tiled hip roof, it
was a commuter station with separate white and
“colored” waiting rooms. Baggage of arriving
Normal School students was hauled to their dormi-
tories via mule-drawn wagon. During World War II,
trainloads of wounded personnel arrived at Normal
Depot for transport to the nearby Kennedy Army
Hospital. The Depot was decommissioned in December
1949, purchased by Memphis State College for $200
and dismantled.
ERECTED BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, AND
THE SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER, 2011
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Normal Depot Historical Marker Location Map, Memphis, Tennessee Map
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