The Greyhound Half-Way House at 124 E. Main Street in Waverly, Tennessee, United States, is a building formerly operated by

Greyhound Lines Greyhound Lines, Inc. (commonly known as simply Greyhound) operates the largest intercity bus service in North America, including Greyhound Mexico. It also operates charter bus services, Amtrak Thruway services, commuter bus services, and pac ...

as a Greyhound Half-Way Station. The "half-way" name reflected its role as a rest stop at the midpoint of a longer trip. In the Waverly's station's case, it is located at the approximate midpoint of

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between

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

and Jackson in Tennessee. The Waverly Half-Way site began operation in 1925. The preserved structure was built in 1938 or 1939. Designed by

William Nowland Van Powell William Nowland Van Powell (1904–1977), sometimes known professionally as William Van Powell or Nowland Van Powell was an architect, painter, and historian from Memphis, Tennessee. Architect In the 1930s, the Greyhound Lines bus company built m ...

the building is an example of

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architecture, and is faced with blue glazed tile. It ceased to operate as a Greyhound station in 1973 and was partially boarded up and repainted at that time. A nearly-identical building, a half-way station constructed in

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, still stands but retains very little of its historic appearance, and now functions as a laundromat. The Waverly Half-Way station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, and currently serves as offices for the Humphreys County Chamber of Commerce. Greyhound Waverly Half-Way House 1943

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1943 Trip from Memphis to Louisville
Farm Security Administration, Office of Wartime Information, Library of Congress Photo Series
NRHP Application
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