Naples Seaboard Air Line Railway Station

Naples Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Naples, Florida
Coordinates:	26°8′32″N 81°47′34″W / 26.14222°N 81.79278°W / 26.14222; -81.79278Coordinates: 26°8′32″N 81°47′34″W / 26.14222°N 81.79278°W / 26.14222; -81.79278
Area:	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built:	1926
Architect:	L. Philips Clarke
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	74000613[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 10, 1974

The Naples Seaboard Air Line Railway Station (also known as the Naples Railroad Depot or Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot) is a historic Seaboard Air Line Railway depot in Naples, Florida. It is located at 1051 5th Avenue, South.

History

The depot was constructed in 1927 in the same Mediterranean Revival style the Seaboard Air Line used with its stations in Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, Hialeah, and Homestead on the southeast coast of Florida, and is virtually identical to the Hialeah depot. The station only briefly saw Seaboard Air Line passenger service in the late 1920s before the railroad reduced its Arcadia to Naples Branch to freight service only. Freight service was then halted in the 1930s, at which time the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bought both the depot and the Seaboard tracks to Naples.

During World War II, the depot was home to USO shows for troops stationed at the nearby Naples airfield. In 1952, the Atlantic Coast Line resumed both freight and daily passenger service to the depot. Passenger service ended shortly after Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast Line merged to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967. On September 10, 1974, the depot was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Freight service was halted for good in the early 1980s,[1] and the adjacent tracks were removed shortly afterward.

Naples Depot Museum

The station has since been fully restored by the Collier County Museum, and is now operated as the Naples Depot Museum. Exhibits focus on the history of transportation and trade in Southwest Florida. Displays include railroads, Seminole dugout canoes, a mule wagon and an antique swamp buggy.

References

• Collier County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
  • Collier County listings
  • Collier County markers
  • Naples Depot Civic and Cultural Center

External links

• Collier County Museums
• History in Motion: Depot Museum charts Naples history

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