WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD DEPOT
CONSTRUCTION DATE: 1852
BUILDER: WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD ORIGINAL OCCUPANCY: RAILROAD
HERE, DURING THE CIVIL WAR ON APRIL 12, 1862, THE ENGINE "TEXAS" DROPPED A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR WITH ORDER TO WARN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN CHATTANOOGA THAT UNION RAIDERS WERE COMING WITH THE ENGINE "GENERAL"