{"nrhp_refnum":"80001112","name":"Montezuma Depot","other_names":["Southern Railway Depot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Dooly St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montezuma","county":"Macon County","state":"GA","lat":32.30072080900004,"lon":-84.02930776199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick railroad depot on South Dooly Street at the northern edge of the central business district in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia, built in 1890 by the Central of Georgia Railroad Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot matters in architecture and transportation history. It represents the railroad's role in the county's growth and is a functional Victorian-era depot design. It is one of the last remnants of the railroad's heyday and a rare, relatively unaltered link to the town's Victorian-era buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1890 by the Central of Georgia Railroad Company, this brick depot sits on South Dooly Street at the northern edge of Montezuma's business district. It measures fifty feet by one hundred seventy-five feet and is ringed by a raised wooden loading platform. Details include common-bond brick walls, paired wooden brackets over brick pilasters, a standing seam metal roof, stone lintels, and a wooden bay on the north wall that housed the ticket office. Inside are four rooms, with waiting rooms on the west side and most of the space given to freight storage. The town was founded in 1851 when the Southwestern Railroad extended its tracks to the Flint River area, and its fortunes followed the railroad. Cotton and fruit shipments and heavy passenger traffic marked the late 19th century. The depot replaced an earlier building on the same site, has seen few alterations, and survives as a visible link to the town's Victorian past. Passenger service ended in the early 1970s, and it later served as a warehouse.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by the Central of Georgia Railroad Company)","architectural_style":"Victorian (functional late 19th century depot)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Passenger service ended in the early 1970s; the building was used as a warehouse, with plans to convert it to a community center and welcome center under the county historical society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.833156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80001112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001112/d4e9e6d2a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80001112/d4e9e6d2a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montezuma_Depot_(SouthEast_face).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montezuma_Depot_(SouthEast_face).JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03001017","name":"Montezuma Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/montezuma-historic-district-03001017/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208875","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134389664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/macon-county/montezuma-depot-80001112/"}