PENDERGRASS, Ga. – For more than 120 years, the city’s historic train depot has served as the centerpiece of this western Jackson County town.
Now, the building, which has been used as chambers for Pendergrass City Council, a home for the police department and a community gathering place, is receiving a facelift.
The council in April voted to spend $40,000 to renovate the exterior of the building.
The depot was built in 1883, the same year the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad was completed through town. The depot, which served passengers until 1927, was apparently built on the other side of the tracks and was moved to its present location about 1940 when U.S. Highway 129 was paved.
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