Location Information
(for the Illinois Central Depot)
Name:Illinois Central Depot [Hazlehurst Depot]
Address:138 Ragsdale Avenue, North
City/County:Hazlehurst, Copiah County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1925
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:01 Mar 1996
NR District Name:Hazlehurst (1998)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:285
    MPS:Historic and Architectural Resources of Copiah County, Mississippi
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Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:08-14-2001
Recorded:10-29-2001
Book/Vol. No.:V. 154, p. 618
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Hazlehurst Heritage District
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Context/Comments
Built in 1925, the former Illinois Central depot in Hazlehurst illustrates the importance of the railroad to the development of Hazlehurst. It is the only is the only extant railroad depot in Copiah County

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 1 March 1996 as a component of the "Historic and Architectural Resources of Copiah County, Mississippi" multiple property submission (MPS), and it was later included as an element (#285) in the Hazlehurst Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 5 November 1998. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 14 August 2001.

The depot is mentioned in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 288).