The year 1832 saw the first of many attempts to woo a railroad to Hopkinsville. This first attempt was to connect Hopkinsville to Eddyville, Kentucky. In 1868 Hopkinsville finally obtained a railroad station, operated by the Evansville, Henderson, & Nashville Railroad. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad acquired the railroad in 1879.[3]
The Hopkinsville depot is a single-story frame building with a slate roof. It has six rooms: a Ladies Waiting room (the room closest to the street), a General Waiting Room, a Colored Waiting Room, a baggage room (the furthest room from the street), a ticket office (the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms), and a ladies' restroom. Immediately outsides were warehouses for freight, usually tobacco.[4]
Its last long-distance train was the Louisville and Nashville's Georgian, last operating in 1968.[5]
During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname "Hop town" due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could "hop off and get a drink".[6]
The Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1975. It is owned by the City of Hopkinsville and was occupied by the Pennyroyal Arts Council until 2019. That year the council moved out after a fire in an exterior wall and the building was still vacant as of January 2023.[7] The depot's future was uncertain as it requires an estimated $2M USD in structural repairs and those costs are in competition with other city funding priorities.[8]
CSX, which bought out the Louisville & Nashville, still run freight trains on the tracks next to the depot.[9]
^Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names (University Press of Kentucky, 1984) pg.144
^Brown, Jennifer P. (15 January 2019). "Fire forces evacuation of L&N Train Depot downtown". HoptownChronicle. Hopkinsville, KY: HoptownChronicle.org. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^Brown, Jennifer P. (19 January 2023). "City officials pledge to address public queries about L&N Train Depot's future". HoptownChronicle. Hopkinsville, KY: HoptownChronicle.org. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
hopkinsville, station, railroad, depot, hopkinsville, commercial, historic, district, hopkinsville, kentucky, historic, railroad, station, national, register, historic, places, built, louisville, nashville, railroad, 1892, hopkinsville, railroad, depotu, natio. The L amp N Railroad Depot in the Hopkinsville Commercial Historic District of Hopkinsville Kentucky is a historic railroad station on the National Register of Historic Places It was built by the Louisville amp Nashville Railroad in 1892 2 Hopkinsville L amp N Railroad DepotU S National Register of Historic PlacesU S Historic districtContributing propertyShow map of KentuckyShow map of the United StatesLocationHopkinsville KentuckyCoordinates36 51 49 N 87 29 7 W 36 86361 N 87 48528 W 36 86361 87 48528Built1892Part ofHopkinsville Commercial Historic District ID79003633 NRHP reference No 75000745 1 Significant datesAdded to NRHPAugust 1 1975Designated CPApril 30 1979 The year 1832 saw the first of many attempts to woo a railroad to Hopkinsville This first attempt was to connect Hopkinsville to Eddyville Kentucky In 1868 Hopkinsville finally obtained a railroad station operated by the Evansville Henderson amp Nashville Railroad The Louisville amp Nashville Railroad acquired the railroad in 1879 3 The Hopkinsville depot is a single story frame building with a slate roof It has six rooms a Ladies Waiting room the room closest to the street a General Waiting Room a Colored Waiting Room a baggage room the furthest room from the street a ticket office the only room which connected to all three waiting rooms and a ladies restroom Immediately outsides were warehouses for freight usually tobacco 4 Its last long distance train was the Louisville and Nashville s Georgian last operating in 1968 5 During its operating years the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train It was the only Louisville amp Nashville station between Evansville Indiana and Nashville Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol Hopkinsville got the nickname Hop town due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville so they could hop off and get a drink 6 The Hopkinsville L amp N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1 1975 It is owned by the City of Hopkinsville and was occupied by the Pennyroyal Arts Council until 2019 That year the council moved out after a fire in an exterior wall and the building was still vacant as of January 2023 7 The depot s future was uncertain as it requires an estimated 2M USD in structural repairs and those costs are in competition with other city funding priorities 8 CSX which bought out the Louisville amp Nashville still run freight trains on the tracks next to the depot 9 References edit nbsp Railways portal National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 Prairie Bluestem Hopkinsville s Railroad Railfanning in Hopkinsville Ky Archived from the original on 2008 05 10 Retrieved 2008 06 07 Berg Walter Buildings and Structures of American Railroads J Wiley amp Sons 1893 pg 334 335 Georgian at American Rails https www american rails com georgian html Rennick Robert Kentucky Place Names University Press of Kentucky 1984 pg 144 Brown Jennifer P 15 January 2019 Fire forces evacuation of L amp N Train Depot downtown HoptownChronicle Hopkinsville KY HoptownChronicle org Retrieved 26 January 2023 Brown Jennifer P 19 January 2023 City officials pledge to address public queries about L amp N Train Depot s future HoptownChronicle Hopkinsville KY HoptownChronicle org Retrieved 26 January 2023 Pennyroyal Arts Council Hopkinsville KY Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Kellytoward St Louis St Louis Nashville Caskytoward Nashville Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hopkinsville station amp oldid 1184727557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
