Mount Dora Train Station Historic Marker

Mount Dora Train Station Historic Marker

Mount Dora Station Historic Marker

Mount Dora (Fla.)

Railroads--Florida

The U.S. National Register of Historic Places plaque at the Mount Dora Train Station, located at 341 North Alexander Street in Mount Dora, Florida, in 2007. 1886 was when the first railroad stopped in Mount Dora, connecting Jacksonville to Tampa. The Mount Dora Depot cost $8,223 to build. The last passenger train left Mount Dora in 1950 and freight was discontinued in 1973. On March 5, 1992, the station was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD DEPOT - 1915
HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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