Leeds Railroad Depot
The Leeds Railroad Depot is a depot built in Leeds in 1884 for the Georgia-Pacific Railway and the Central of Georgia Railroad. It is located at 933 Thornton Avenue Northeast adjacent to what is now the Norfolk-Southern Railroad, but is no longer used as a depot.
Most of the streets in downtown Leeds were laid out by an engineer for the Cahaba Valley Land Company using the depot as the center of a 1-mile radius.
The structure is now owned by the city, which restored it in 1984 with the assistance of Kidd/Plosser/Sprague Architects. It is used as offices of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce and for meetings of the Leeds Historical Society. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places that same year. A Southern Railway X245 caboose, also owned by the city, is parked adjacent to the depot.
The Historical Society and Leeds Scenic Byway management team partnered to landscape the grounds around the building in preparation for the Leeds Folk Festival and John Henry Days in 2008.
References
- Henry, Jane (June 4, 2008) "Landscaping begins at the historic Depot." Leeds News