Location Information (for the Illinois Central Railroad Depot) Name: Illinois Central Railroad Depot [Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum] Address: 5 Depot Drive at the west end of West Jordan Avenue City/County: West Point, Clay County Architectural Information Construction Date: 1894 No. of Stories: 1 Registration Information NR District Name: West Point Central City (1982)     NR Status: Contributing     Element No.: 47 NR District Name: West Point Unified (2009)     NR Status: Contributing     Element No.: 353 Mississippi Landmark Information Designated: 02-24-1994 Recorded: 11-08-1995 Book/Vol. No.: V. 208, p. 70 Local Designation Information Local District Name: West Point Historic District click here for additional information on this district.

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Context/Comments This one-story brick building was constructed in 1894 to serve as the passenger and freight depot for Aberdeen Branch of the Illinois Central Railroad. It is shown on the December 1894 Sanborn map of West Point (sheet 3). This building was originally listed on the National Register in 1982 as a contributing element (element #47) in the West Point Central City Historic District. When that district was included within the larger West Point Unified Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 2009, the former Illinois Central depot was included as a previously-listed element (element #353). It was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1994. The building now serves as the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum.