Crawford Depot is a historic train station in

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, Oglethorpe County,

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. It was added to the

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on May 27, 1977. The depot is located on

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; it dates from ca. 1848 and is used to house the Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce. According to local history, the building was constructed from

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crossties which had been used by the

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. It's a rare example of a stone depot built by the Georgia Railroad.Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce website
/ref> It is a one-story granite building approximately by in dimension. It is the only surviving stone depot building of the Georgia Railroad. with

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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848 Buildings and structures in Oglethorpe County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Oglethorpe County, Georgia Former railway stations in Georgia (U.S. state) {{georgiaUS-NRHP-stub

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