Name: | Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Y&MV) Depot [Durant Depot] |
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Address: | 436 Mulberry Street, East |
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City/County: | Durant, Holmes County |
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Book/Vol. No.: | Book 2010/p1295 |
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Easement Type: | Preservation/Maintenance |
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Book/Vol. No.: | V. 2014 Pg. 2031-33 |
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The Durant Depot is historically significant for its association with transportation and commerce. The City of Durant was founded in 1858 as a stop on the Mississippi Central Railroad, which later became part of the Illinois Central Railroad. By the end of the 19th century, ICRR established a roundhouse and machine shop in Durant. Small frame depots served the community, but c. 1909 the current brick depot was completed. The depot served the community as both a freight and passenger depot until the late 1990s when the City of Durant acquired the building. The roundhouse and machine shop have been demolished leaving the Durant Depot as the last major resource illustrating Durant’s history as a railroad town. |
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