Montezuma Depot

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.