Louisville and Nashville Depot (Evergreen, Alabama)

Evergreen, AL
The station building in 2012
General information
Location	Evergreen, Alabama
Other information
Station code	EVE
History
Opened	1907 (L&N) October 27, 1989 (Amtrak)
Closed	April 1, 1995 (Amtrak)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Brewton toward Mobile Gulf Breeze Greenville toward Birmingham Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Sparta toward New Orleans Main Line Owassa toward Cincinnati
Louisville and Nashville Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	SW end of Front St., Evergreen, Alabama
Coordinates	31°25′57.9″N 86°57′20″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907 (1907)
Built by	Louisville & Nashville Railroad
NRHP reference No.	75000308
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1975

The Louisville and Nashville Depot is a historic railroad station in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.

History

The station building was constructed by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1907 at a cost of $14,911 (equivalent to $487,590 in 2023 adjusted for inflation). During the early 19th century, the station served as a gathering place for one of the social occasions of the small town, the meeting of the Sunday afternoon train.

It is now in a very good state of preservation, although it was threatened by demolition during the 1970s. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1975.

The last train service to utilize the station was Amtrak's Gulf Breeze, which stopped in Evergreen during its run from 1989 to 1995.

Design

The one-story wood-frame building rests atop a low concrete foundation. It is roughly cruciform in plan, measuring 167 by 49 feet (51 m × 15 m) at its widest points.

External links

Media related to Louisville and Nashville Depot (Evergreen, Alabama) at Wikimedia Commons