Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 2

3. Site of Railroad Depot

The original site of the town’s train depot was at the eastern end of Cedar Street, today known as Franklin Upchurch Sr. Street. First constructed in 1852, the depot became the focus of the Civil War cavalry battle on April 13, 1865. After the battle, a Union telegraph office was established in the depot and General William T. Sherman stopped here on his way to Durham’s Station, where he negotiated the Confederate surrender at the home of James Bennett. The station became the center of activity for Morrisville. The depot had segregated waiting rooms and storage rooms for incoming and outgoing freight. This area was the scene of two grizzly train accidents in 1933 and 1934 which destroyed several buildings and left an unknown number dead. The depot was destroyed sometime in the Twentieth Century.

Image courtesy of the Town of Morrisville

Image of depot taken in the 1930’s looking south.

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