Location Information
(for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot)
Name:Louisville & Nashville Railroad Depot [Pascagoula Depot]
Address:504 Yon (Railroad) Avenue
City/County:Pascagoula, Jackson County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1904
Architectural Styles(s):Queen Anne
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:27 Aug 1974
NR District Name:Scranton (2021)
    NR Status:Previously Listed
    Element No.:78
View National Register Nomination Form
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:10-11-1985
Recorded:12-03-1985
Book/Vol. No.:V. 843, p. 158
Context/Comments
Constructed in 1904 to replace an earlier station, the Pascagoula depot was enlarged in 1918 and continued to serve traffic along the L&N Railroad's Mobile to New Orleans coastal route until passenger service was discontinued there in 1971. The small station is typical of many similar examples throughout the country, but has special importance to the city of Pascagoula, which became a thriving county seat, resort, and industrial port community only because it was included as a stop along the coastal railroad completed in 1870. In such a community, the passenger depot was a literal and figurative landmark, and the building remains today as a tangible symbol of Pascagoula's early growth and development.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 27 August 1974, from a nomination prepared by MDAH architectural historian Elizabeth Reynolds. It was later included as a previously-listed element (element #78) in the Scranton Historic District, which was added to the National Register on 6 October 2021. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 11 October 1985.

It was previously filed as 059-PAS-0194-NR-ML.
Brief Description
One-story, frame vernacular railroad depot with eleven bays and gable-on-hip roof. Building follows standard designs created by the L&N Railroad. Building contains cross gables and gabled dormers. The wide overhanging eaves are supported by triangular brace support brackets. The track side (north) elevation has a gabled projection sheltering two windows and a door that was once the agent's office. Windows are one-over-one wood DHS and doors have a one-light transom. Decorative elements include clapboards flanked by bead boards wainscot and freize and metal ridge finials. The building has a continuous brick foundation and a slate roof.