Santa Fe Depot
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 07.181 W 097° 43.731
14R E 621204 N 3443560
Plaque mounted on the side of the old depot to the right of the entrance.
Waymark Code: WMWENR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2017
Views: 4
Plaque gives the history of the railroad in Killeen as well as history of the depot.
Marker Number: 4578
Marker Text:
Founded in 1882 as a shipping point on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad, Killeen was named for railroad official Frank P. Killeen. After the first depot was destroyed by fire, Santa Fe workers used standard plans to build this structure in 1913. The presence of the rail line was instrumental in the U.S. Army's decision to build camp Hood (later Fort Hood) during World War II. After the railroad took the depot out of active service, the city acquired it in 1982 and moved it to this site 350 feet west and 130 feet north of its original location.
(1990)
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