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Appendix 2
The original site of the town’s train depot was at the eastern end of
Cedar Street, today known as Franklin Upchurch Sr. Street. First
constructed in 1852, the depot became the focus of the Civil War
cavalry battle on April 13, 1865. After the battle, a Union telegraph
office was established in the depot and General William T. Sherman
stopped here on his way to Durham’s Station, where he negotiated the
Confederate surrender at the home of James Bennett.
The station became the center of activity for Morrisville. The depot
had segregated waiting rooms and storage rooms for incoming and
outgoing freight.
This area was the scene of two grizzly train accidents in 1933 and
1934 which destroyed several buildings and left an unknown number
dead. The depot was destroyed sometime in the Twentieth Century.
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3. Site of Railroad Depot
Image courtesy of the Town of Morrisville
Image of depot taken in the 1930’s looking south.