Southern Passenger Depot

Southern Passenger Depot

The Southern Passenger Depot, built in 1903, was part of a major hub of railroad traffic in South Carolina: "Greenwood was once unquestionably a railroad town. The fact that five lines crisscrossed the county and converged in the town at one time is really rather remarkable, considering that Greenwood was not directly between any larger cities, except perhaps Greenville and Augusta."

Ann Herd Bowen (1992), Greenwood County: A History, p. 164.

The building was razed in 1952. Timbers and other materials from the depot were used in the construction the community building and swimming pool adjacent to Lander College (now Lander University).

Index Journal, 28 May 1952, p. 1.

By the late 1970s, Lander College took ownership of the community building and it was thereafter known as the Lander College Recreation Center. The ageing recreation center was razed in 2021 to make way for a new pool and pavilion. Ceiling beams in the old structure that had been reclaimed from the Southern Passenger Depot were salvaged and a very small section was given to the Lander Archives.

1930s Greenwood Postcard Accordion

David Mash, archivist

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