Cookeville in Putnam County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Central Depot

Photographed by Deanna Lack, July 12, 2014

1. Tennessee Central Depot Marker

Inscription. A locomotive on the Nashville-Knoxville Railroad first steamed into Cookeville in 1890. The Tennessee Central bought the line in 1902 and built this depot with its distinctive pagoda design in 1909. Soon six trains daily brought visitors, shoppers, and salesmen to town and took natives to distant places. Also, freights loaded with lumber, hogs, corn, and tobacco rolled to faraway markets.

Erected 1976.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 36° 9.854′ N, 85° 30.512′ W. Marker is in Cookeville, Tennessee, in Putnam County. It is at the intersection of Depot Street and North Cedar Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Depot Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 116 West Broad Street, Cookeville TN 38501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 within walking distance of this marker: Alexander L. Crawford (a few steps from this marker); Jere Baxter (a few steps from this marker); Civil War In Putnam County (within shouting distance of this marker); P.M. Smith Building (within shouting distance of this marker); 1907 and 1909 Views of the Cookeville Train Depot (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Citizen's Bank Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Fielding Cooke (approx. ¼ mile away); Cookeville Confederate Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cookeville.

More about this marker. The marker is located at the Cookeville Depot Museum, which hosts railroad artifacts, a HO scale replica of what this area looked like in 1955, and a tourable engine, caboose and track car.

Also see . . . Cookeville Depot Museum. (Submitted on July 15, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee.)

Marker with Museum Cars image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Deanna Lack, July 12, 2014

2. Marker with Museum Cars

Credits. This page was last revised on November 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 817 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on November 8, 2016, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.