Near Alta Loma in Galveston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Hitchcock Depot

Photographed by Jim Evans, February 9, 2012

1. Hitchcock Depot Marker

Inscription. According to local oral tradition, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad (GCSF) gained a vital right-of-way through Emily Hitchcock's property in 1875 by agreeing to establish a depot named for her deceased husband, Lent Munson Hitchcock. GCSF platted the town of Hitchcock in 1891. The depot, built by 1893, became a social center as passengers, freight, and agricultural produce moved past its doors. This structure, the last of this area's GCSF depots still standing, was relocated here by the Santa Fe Area Historical Foundation in 1975 and converted for museum use in 1982.

Erected 1993 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7492.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.

Location. 29° 21.923′ N, 95° 4.108′ W. Marker is near Alta Loma, Texas, in Galveston County. It is on State Highway 6, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Santa Fe TX 77510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Miller-Brautigam Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); Original Site of First Baptist Church of Alta Loma (approx. 0.8 miles away); Alta Loma (approx. 0.9 miles away); Camp Wallace

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(approx. 1.2 miles away); U.S. Naval Air Station (approx. 1½ miles away); Alta Loma Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); City of Hitchcock (approx. 2.3 miles away); Santa Fe Consolidated High School (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alta Loma.

Additional keywords. train depot

Hitchcock Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Evans, February 9, 2012

2. Hitchcock Depot

Photographed by Jim Evans, February 9, 2012

3. Hitchcock Depot Marker

Hitchcock Depot Museum Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Evans, February 9, 2012

4. Hitchcock Depot Museum Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2012, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,377 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 11, 2012, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.