Bay St. Louis, MS Depot

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Bay St. Louis, MS Depot
Bay St. Louis, MS Depot

This beautiful two-story mission style depot was originally built for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in 1928. It is formerly a depot that was served by the Amtrak Sunset Limited train, but after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, service was suspended due to track damage, and the train now terminates at New Orleans, so there is no longer a need for the depot. There has been many discussions about reactivating service to Orlando, but this has not happened yet.

Former trains that served the depot are the Pan-American, the Gulf Wind, the Humming Bird. In the latter 1960's the Southern Railway's Crescent and Piedmont Limited also used this station. Amtrak service began with the Gulf Coast Limited, which operated between 1984 and 1985, then with the Sunset Limited in 1993.

This building was originally listed on the National Register on 25 November 1980 as element #403 in the Beach Boulevard Historic District. Because that historic district was severely ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the old district was superseded by the Old Bay St. Louis Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 8 July 2010. The building is now listed as element #352 in the Old Bay St. Louis Historic District. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 21 March 1995. It is included in "Great American Railroad Stations" and "Buildings of Mississippi".

The building currently houses the Hancock County Tourism Group, the Bay St. Louis Mardi Gras Museum, and the Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum. The depot is surrounded by park-like grounds and is located across from several shops and restaurants. The depot once served as the centerpiece of the film, "This Property is Condemned" starring Robert Redford and Natalie Wood.

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