Union Station Paris, Texas

Union Station, Paris Texas

     Union Station is located at West Kaufman Streer, Paris Texas.  It was built in 1910; it opened in.1912. When active it serviced passenger trains for  Frisco,Texas and Pacific, Santa Fe, and Texas Midland and Prairie Santa Fernardina.

     The Santa.Fe ended passenger service in 1954.  Frisco ended in 1956.

     The building style is Prairie and Italianate.  The exterior wall is dark color brick,  lighter stones sills and lintels.  There is a tiled hip roof with dormers. There is a 77 foot tower.  It operated as a freigh depot until the late20th century

     The building was restored in 1997.

Union Station Paris Texas

     The building currently houses the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce, the Research Library of the Lamar County Historical Society and a museum

Historic Plaque

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