Trinity & Brazos Valley Depot - Tomball, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 05.837 W 095° 36.804
15R E 248146 N 3332447
The settlement was originally known as Peck. In ceremonies held on Dec. 2, 1907, at the railroad depot, Peck was renamed Tomball in honor of the man responsible for routing the railroad and its operations through the small town.
Waymark Code: WM10RPM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2019
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Texas RR Museum"With the construction of the Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway through the community in the early 1900s, the town gained a freight station, telegraph office, stock pens and loading chutes, a five-stall roundhouse and other facilities that transformed the town into an agricultural trade center."
This wood depot was a combination passenger/freight depot built in 1907.