Title	McKenzie Depot: waiting room for white passengers
Creator(s)	West, Carroll Van
Date	c. 1995
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	McKenzie Depot
Property type	Railroad Station
National Register Reference	960000336 listed 1996/03/28
Community Name	McKenzie, Carroll County, TN
Description	Color photograph of a waiting room with light walls, dark woodwork and furniture, and large multi-paned windows. ; circular table with four chairs in middle of room; two-seat bench with blue bonnet next to an arched doorway with section windows on left; door in background of photograph opens into a room with blue walls; wood writers desk next to door between rooms; woman in a blue and white floral dress in background on right;
Historical Notes	The McKenzie Depot was built along the Nashville-Chattanooga tracks as a passenger station for the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway (N.C.&St.L.). Built built circa 1926 to replace an earlier building, it is a good example of Renaissance Revival architecture, and also illustrates the practice, common at the time, of providing separate waiting rooms for black travelers and white travelers. McKenzie Depot combined both waiting rooms in a single building, separated by the ticket office. The small town depot was designed to accommodate growing needs for railroad transportation at the time. The town of McKenzie was organized and platted in 1865 along the railroad tracks. The last passenger train stopped in the town in 1970.
Collection Name	Southern History Documentary Projects
Subject-LCSH	Railroad stations -- Tennessee
Subject-TGM	Railroad stations Waiting rooms
Type	Still image
Genre	Photograph
Medium	Paper
Extent	35 mm slide
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Reproduced with permission
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

McKenzie Depot: waiting room for white passengers

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