Plains Depot, Hudson & Main Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA
Summary
Significance: Although architecturally modest, the wood-frame depot was the significant factor in the founding of Plains. When the railroad was built in 1885, the towns of Magnolia Springs and the Plain of Dura were moved and consolidated around the site of the depot. More recently, the depot was used as Jimmy Carter's headquarters during his 1976 presidential campaign.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-98
Survey number: HABS GA-2209
Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Americus,Preston & Limpkin Railroad
Savannah,Americus & Montgomery Railroad
Seaboard Railroad
Carter, Jimmy
Reese, Maxine
Location
Plains (Ga.), 32.03251, -84.39754
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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