Union City in Obion County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2022

1. Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot Marker

Inscription.
National Register

Tennessee
Historical Commission
Union City
Mobile & Ohio Depot

of Historic Places

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1923.

Location. 36° 25.463′ N, 89° 3.334′ W. Marker is in Union City, Tennessee, in Obion County. It is at the intersection of East Church Street and Perkins Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 214 E Church St, Union City TN 38261, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Obion County Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); First Christian Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); First Monument to Unknown Confederate Dead (approx. 0.9 miles away); Reading the Rail (approx. 1.1 miles away); 80-Pound Railroad Rail (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Rotary Pavilion (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union City.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Unknown Soldier Monument (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).

Regarding Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

… The nominated Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot in Union City, designed in 1922 and completed in 1923, dates to this period of capital improvement along the Mobile and Ohio's main line. It was designed as a joint passenger station, for use by both the Mobile and Ohio and the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, a powerful
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2. Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot
National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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Tennessee line controlled at that time by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Charles A. Haynes of St. Louis, from the office of the chief engineer of the Mobile and Ohio, was the architect of the depot. Surviving building plans for the station state that both lines would use the passenger depot. This type of rural "Union" station was commonly built and shared by the major railroad lines in small southern towns during the early twentieth century. …

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2022

3. Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot Marker

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 27, 2022

4. Union City, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Depot

Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 844 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on April 25, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on February 27, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.