{"nrhp_refnum":"79000696","name":"Winder Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broad and Porter Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winder","county":"Barrow County","state":"GA","lat":33.991602166000064,"lon":-83.72235590699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick railroad depot at the corner of Broad and Porter Streets in Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, built in 1912 for the Seaboard Airline (later Seaboard Coast Line) Railroad.","why_significant":"The depot is one of the oldest surviving structures in Winder and symbolizes the town's growth from the 1890s, when the first railroad came through. It is also significant as an example of depot-style Queen Anne architecture with unusually fine detailing and materials for a small station.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at Broad and Porter Streets in Winder, Georgia, this small railroad depot reflects the town's close ties to the railroad. Winder grew from a rest stop called Jug Tavern after the Seaboard Airline Railroad arrived in the 1890s, and it was renamed in 1894 for John H. Winder, a railroad engineer and manager. The depot stood at the junction of the Seaboard and Gainesville-Midland lines and handled passenger, freight and mail service for more than half a century. Its salmon-red brick walls, limestone lintels and sills, palladian-style gable windows, polychrome clay tile roof and bracketed eaves show strong Queen Anne influence, which is unusual for a station of this size. The county-seat status of Winder may explain the special treatment. The City of Winder acquired the building in 1975, restored it, and it now serves as the local chamber of commerce and information bureau.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late American Queen Anne-style railroad-station architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deed transferred from the Seaboard Coast Line Railway to the City of Winder in 1975; the building has been restored and is used as the Winder-Barrow County Chamber of Commerce and information bureau.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.469773-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000696/e32bd62d6e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000696/e32bd62d6e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Pruitt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winder_Depot_Oct_2012_4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Pruitt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winder_Depot_Oct_2012_4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206933","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125923148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/barrow-county/winder-depot-79000696/"}