Texas & Pacific Railway Depot - Baird, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
N 32° 23.460 W 099° 23.689
14S E 462866 N 3583844
This diamond of bricks are placed around some symbolic railroad rails out in front of the railway depot building.
Waymark Code: WMEFM5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Thorny1
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This old depot, now serving as the Visitors' Center and Museum, celebrated its 100th birthday in November of 2011. It had recently been restored at a cost of approximately 1.1 million dollars. No doubt the sale of these bricks helped defray part of that cost.

Sources:
The Depot's Facebook page: (visit link)
Reed Construction Data page on the restoration project: (visit link)
Setting of your bricks:: Museum

Name of Display: Texas & Pacific Railway Depot Museum and Visitors Center

Approximate number of bricks in display: 1,400

Name on One Brick: 1921 - 1979 George W Crutchfield MSgt USAF Ret.
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