{"nrhp_refnum":"79002940","name":"Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad Depot and Office Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"208 S. 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Teague","county":"Freestone County","state":"TX","lat":31.62566253500006,"lon":-96.28538052499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick railroad depot and office building at 208 S. 3rd Avenue in Teague, Freestone County, Texas, completed in 1907 for the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad. It was designed by architect C.H. Page, Jr., of Austin.","why_significant":"It was among the first brick buildings in Teague and housed the main offices of the Trinity and Brazos Valley (T&BV) Railroad, which shaped the town's growth. Teague was the main passenger stop between Waxahachie and Houston and the principal one of sixteen townsites developed because of the line. The building is also noted for its Spanish/Renaissance revival design and its largely intact interior.","narrative":"This two-story brick depot and office building in Teague, Texas, was finished in 1907 for the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railroad. Architect C.H. Page, Jr., of Austin gave it a Spanish-influenced Renaissance revival design, with buff brick trimmed in red, arcaded porticos, a tile hipped roof and a corner tower with a square cupola. An octagonal rotunda served as the ticketing area, surrounded by waiting rooms, with a dining hall at the south end and offices upstairs. The depot served passengers until 1966, and the railroad sold it to the city in 1969. It became a railroad museum in 1970. It mattered because the railroad's main offices were here, and Teague was a division point and the main passenger stop on the line between Waxahachie and Houston. The town grew around the railroad, which long remained its chief employer. The building keeps its original lighting fixtures, furnishings and interior layout with few major changes.","period_of_significance":"1907-present","architect_builder":"C.H. Page, Jr., Architect, Austin; Jess F. Denning, Mexia, and Jake Wattinger, Austin, Contractors","architectural_style":"Spanish/Renaissance revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used since 1970 as the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum, owned by the City of Teague; passenger service ended in 1966. Interior is largely unchanged, though moisture in the basement is damaging plaster and paint.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.452507-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/9719/40971980/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002940.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002940/1a7865c780-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002940/1a7865c780-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TBV_depot_2010.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TBV_depot_2010.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971980","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teague_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56282064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/freestone-county/trinity-and-brazos-valley-railroad-depot-and-office-building-79002940/"}