​Southern Pacific Freight Depot

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Marker No: 14930

Medallion & Plate 

Texas Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.165901, -96.395851

Marker Text: ​ In the early 1860s, local residents built a county rail line to connect to the Houston & Texas Central Railway, which bought the line in 1869. Brenham became a regional distribution center, and its population grew dramatically. Circa 1916, the H&TC, then owned by Southern Pacific Railroad Co., built this depot. Southern Pacific maintained a presence in Brenham until 1975. The brick rectangular building retains its original brick and limestone stringcourses and prairie school influenced corbelled pendants. Today it serves as a reminder of the town's early growth as a railroad center. (2003)

Location: 306 South Market Street, Brenham