{"nrhp_refnum":"79000730","name":"Hampton Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton","county":"Henry County","state":"GA","lat":33.38470501900008,"lon":-84.28321508199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick railroad depot on East Main Street in Hampton, Henry County, Georgia, completed in 1881 for the Central Railroad and Banking Company. It combined a passenger station and a cotton warehouse in one building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues state-level significance in architecture for its high level of design among late-Victorian Georgia depots, its fireproof all-brick construction and ornate brick detailing, and the probability that Augustus Schwaab of Savannah designed it. It is also significant in local history as the focal point of Hampton's development when the town had the county's only rail connection.","narrative":"Completed in 1881, this one-story brick depot on East Main Street in Hampton, Georgia, measures 35 by 170 feet and combined a passenger station with a cotton warehouse under one roof. It has solid American-bond brick walls, a corrugated-iron roof on metal trusses, and unusual circular and cornice patterns worked in brick on both ends. Hampton had the only rail connection in Henry County from 1846 until 1882, and the depot anchored a building boom in the town around 1880. Its all-brick, fireproof construction suited cotton storage, and its ornate detailing set it apart from other depots of the period. The plans are unsigned, but the design is thought likely to be the work of Savannah architect Augustus Schwaab, who worked for the Central of Georgia Railroad. Passenger service ended in 1957. The railroad donated the building to the city in 1975, and it now serves as city offices and a community building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Augustus Schwaab (?)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Donated to the City of Hampton in 1975; the passenger area was renovated as city hall, police department, council chambers and recorder's court, with plans to adapt the warehouse area. The land is still railroad-owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.388213-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000730.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000730/4a29059407-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000730/4a29059407-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampton_Depot_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</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:Hampton_Depot_2006.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208662","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_station_(Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/henry-county/hampton-depot-79000730/"}