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Depot Historic District
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Depot Historic District Marker | | |
Inscription. Well-preserved industrial complex grouped about a railroad depot, center of railroad industry, the impetus to Meridian's growth after 1860. Included farm products processing businesses of inventor G.W. Soule.
Erected 1986 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Location. 32° 21.876′ N, 88° 41.737′ W. Marker is in Meridian, Mississippi, in Lauderdale County. Marker is on Front Street near 18th Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Located at Meridian Union Station. Marker is in this post office area: Meridian MS 39301, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Meridian (a few steps from this marker); Jimmie Rodgers & The Blues (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); Meridian's "C" Battery (about 400 feet away); Moe Bandy (about 700 feet away); Urban Center Historic District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Regarding Depot Historic District. National Register of Historic Places:
Union Station Historic District (added 1979 - - #79003731)
Also known as Meridian Depot
Roughly bounded by 18th and 19th Aves., 5th St., and Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR , Meridian
♦ Historic Significance: Event, Person
♦ Historic Person: Soule,G.W.
♦ Significant Year: 1905, 1906, 1904
♦ Area of Significance: Transportation, Invention, Industry
♦ Period of Significance: 1900-1924
♦ Owner: Private
♦ Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
♦ Historic Sub-function: Rail-Related
♦ Current Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
♦ Current Sub-function: Rail-Related| | | | 
By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Depot Historic District Marker | | |
Also see . . . G. W. Soule, Founder, Zoom Information, Inc. Founder G.W. Soule' started Soule' Steam Feed Works in 1893 after inventing a steam engine used by lumber
companies ... (Submitted on October 7, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 3. Depot Historic District Marker | | |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Depot Historic District | | |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 5. Depot Historic District Marker | | |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 6. Depot Historic District , Union Station | | |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 7. Depot Historic District, Union Station along Front Street | | |
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By Mike Stroud, September 13, 2012 | |
| | | 8. Depot Historic District Marker seen from Front Street | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 7, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 54 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on October 7, 2012, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
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