Location Information
(for the L & N Railroad Depot)
Name:L & N Railroad Depot [Bay St. Louis Train Depot]
Address:1928 Depot Way
City/County:Bay St. Louis, Hancock County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1928-29
Architectural Styles(s):Mission
No. of Stories:2
Registration Information
NR District Name:Beach Boulevard (1980)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:403
NR District Name:Old Bay St. Louis (2010)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:352
    MPS:Historic Resources of Bay St. Louis
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:03-21-1995
Recorded:04-10-1995
Book/Vol. No.:V. BB119, p. 379
Context/Comments
Built in 1928-29, this is is a two-story Mission Revival style railroad depot with stucco-clad walls.

This building was originally listed on the National Register on 25 November 1980 as element #403 in the Beach Boulevard Historic District. Because that historic district was severely ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the old district was superseded by the Old Bay St. Louis Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 8 July 2010. The building is now listed as element #352 in the Old Bay St. Louis Historic District. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 21 March 1995.

It is included in "Great American Railroad Stations" (1996) and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 337, GC6).
Brief Description
The building at 1928 Depot Way is a two-story, rectangular plan, Mission Revival style railroad depot that rests upon a poured concrete slab foundation and is a poured concrete shell clad with stucco. The building's flat roof is hidden behind a parapet wall. Character defining features include Moorish-inspired ogee arched door and window surrounds, metal-frame casement and fixed frame windows, quatrefoil cartouches at the roofline, and terracotta coping on the parapet wall.
Historic Information
This building replaced an earlier railroad depot that was destroyed by fire. The high style of the structure reflects wealth generated by railroads as the primary long-distance mode of conveyance in America before the development of superhighways. It is an unusually large and elegant commercial example of the Mission Revival style, and is a character defining feature within Bay St Louis. Abandoned by the railroad in 1993, this building was renovated to serve as a visitors' center for Bay St. Louis.