Hopkinsville station - Hopkinsville KY
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N 36° 51.825 W 087° 29.122
16S E 456736 N 4079867
The L & N Railroad Depot was built by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1892.
Waymark Code: WM15GNB
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2022
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The Hopkinsville depot is a single-story frame building with a slate roof. It has six rooms: a Ladies Waiting room (the room closest to the street), a General Waiting Room, a Colored Waiting Room, a baggage room (the furthest room from the street), a ticket office (the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms), and a ladies' restroom. Immediately outsides were warehouses for freight, usually tobacco.
Its last long distance train was the Louisville and Nashville's Georgian, last operating in 1968
During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname "Hop town" due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could "hop off and get a drink".
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