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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Sugar Land's Rail Depots


Sugar Land had at least 2 railroad depots I'm aware of.  (The town may have had a depot or simple building before 1903; I'm not sure.)  The first was built in 1903 and made of wood.  Here's a picture of it I found in T. C. Rozelle's archive.

 
The second was built in 1927 and had thick stucco walls.  It stood on the same location: on the west side of town where Ulrich Street intersects with the tracks. This second depot is the same building that was moved in March 1985 to Commerce Green Blvd. in Sugar Land.  It now serves as the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce building.

The second depot under construction in 1927.
  
The second depot just after completion in 1927.

A crowd at the depot after its opening in 1927; possibly on its inaugural day.