The Seabord Savanna-Americus Railway Depot at Fort Davis in southern Macon County is characteristic of small town railroad stations constructed across the South at the turn of the twentieth century. The simple wooden structure with board-and-batten siding was built in 1904 to replace an 1892 depot, which had burned. In the 1970s the Seabord System discontinued service to Fort Davis and gave the depot to the Fort Davis Historical Group. A decade later the railroad tracks through town were removed, leaving the quaint station isolated from its original purpose. About that time members of the local Methodist church repainted the old depot. After that last coat of paint, the depot has fallen into a state of disrepair. The wooden foundation piers have begun to rot and fail. The building is in danger of collapsing. The Fort Davis Historical Group still owns the depot, but it lacks the financial support to save the century-old local landmark and revitalize it. They are working to add the depot and the community to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. To help, contact Frankie Kenney at (334) 750-9507 or Glen Davis at gdavis3@ch2m.com
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8/3/2020 10:51:57 pm
My mother's mother was born in Fort Davis Alabama her name was Loucilee Fitzpatrick or Townsend my family are Black American any help would be great
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Dez
1/13/2022 09:17:24 am
Michael, In an attempt to take on this project any additional details you may have about Fort Davis and your family history at Fort Davis (you don't mind sharing) please do. Thank you.
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Michael F Washington
4/18/2023 04:33:14 am
Thank you. I wanted to know is there an archive of births deaths burials etc census from 1916 Fitzpatrick is the family name black folk. Farmers of sorts. Another last name related is Douthit like a neighboring town just west of Fort Davis Alabama
Joseph Molnar
9/9/2020 06:23:39 pm
need to get local rotary or kiwanis to take this on as a project
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Michael F Washington
4/18/2023 04:26:40 am
Thank you for responding I’m going to sit down with my mother to get more information about my grandmother. Thank you for responding sorry so much time has already past. Covid 19 has past.
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