Rome Depots Rome's Visitor Center occupies a small depot atop Jackson Hill, just off Turner-McCall Blvd. in the northeastern corner of downtown. The building was moved here from Reeves, a Gordon County community on the former Southern Railway (now Norfolk Southern) about 18 miles northeast of Rome. (Above) The Reeves depot in Rome. (Above) A semaphore signal has been preserved at the depot. Rome's own Southern Railway passenger depot burned on November 15, 1974. Built around 1900, it stood in east Rome on the north side of E. Callahan Street, a short distance north of the present-day intersection of Highways 53 and 293. It replaced a depot constructed by Southern's predecessor East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad sometime around 1884. It also burned, in 1899. Above and below, three old postcards showing the Southern Railway passenger depot in Rome. Between First and Second Avenues at East Second Street stands Southern Railway's former freight depot (below). The building now houses various facilities of the Harbin Clinic. Rome also had stations serving the Central of Georgia and the NC&St.L railroads. The Central station was located at the south end of the railroad bridge over the Oostanaula river (at its confluence with the Etowah and Coosa rivers). The NC&St.L station was on the south side of Broad Street, at First Avenue. Constructed around 1900, it was demolished in 1974, despite the efforts of a group of Rome citizens to preserve it. A small park was built on its site. (Above) An old postcard view of the "Broad Street depot." This is the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis passenger station. The Central of Georgia's passenger station stood a half-block north.   Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. Copyright, Steve Storey. Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home