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Center Point Area Historic Preservation Association

Moving the old depot home

  • original Center Point train depot set up on a foundation of cinder blocks with scaffolding around and three men working on the roof replacing wood in preparation for a new metal roof

    original Center Point depot

    set on cinder blocks and roof being redone

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  • original Center Point train depot with a man lift next to the end and a man up working in the eves

    original Center Point depot

    working on eves

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  • newspaper article written about the train depot being returned to Center Point

    original Center Point depot

    making news

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  • old wood and tin panels in the cargo side  of the original Center Point train depot

    original Center Point depot

    inside the cargo area

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  • letter written about the train depot

    original Center Point depot

    letter about the deport return

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  • the original Center Point train depot with a new metal standing seam roof and painted khaki

    original Center Point depot

    finally set up with a roof

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  • original Center Point train depot looking at the side where passengers would entry through a double door

    original Center Point depot

    passenger entry

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  • original Center Point train depot looking at the unpainted end of the building where the old cargo door stands

    original Center Point depot

    cargo door

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  • old blank post card with cancellation marks from  Center Point May 5th1910

    original Center Point depot

    post card cancelled in Center Point on  May 5th 1910

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  • schedule of freight trains between Kerrville and San Antonio

    original Center Point depot

    schedule of freight trains between Kerrville and San Antonio

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  • train schedule Houston to Kerrville with stops in Eagle Lake, Boerne and about 45 towns

    original Center Point depot

    train schedule 

    Houston to Kerrville

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  • old color picture of the train depot near the tracks with high grass

    original Center Point depot

    the depot by the old tracks

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  • old picture in the dusk of the train depot ner the tracks

    original Center Point depot

    by the old train tracks

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  • old photo of the Center Point depot with a sign  reading 'Center Point'

    original Center Point depot

    in her glory days

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  • old picture of a train traversing a small hill country ravine

    Hill Country train

    train in the Hill Country

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  • inside the depot, the ticket windows with green trim and white beadboard walls

    original Center Point depot

    the ticket windows

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