Houston & Texas Central RR Freight Depot – Broadway

This one-story wood-framed freight depot, with partial second story, may be the oldest railroad structure remaining in Fort Worth. An H&TCRR freight depot was first listed at this location in the 1892-93 city directory. Elements of the building’s design — in particular the long carved brackets supporting a first-floor canopy over the loading docks — suggest a pre-1900 date of construction. In 1925 or 1926, the Southern Pacific absorbed the Houston & Texas Central. Although the depot has been altered by the enclosure of most of the windows, it is eligible for the National Register as a rare link with Fort Worth’s 19th-century railroads. Also referred to as the Broadway Yard Freighthouse, it was officially determined eligible for listing in the National Register by the Keeper of the Register in 1987. It was demolished in 2001.

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