Mount Dora Train Station

Mount Dora Train Station

Mount Dora Train Station

Mount Dora (Fla.)

Railroads--Florida

The Mount Dora Train Station, located at 341 North Alexander Street in Mount Dora, Florida. 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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Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph, 1915.

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Central Florida Railroad Depots Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Mount Dora Train Station, Mount Dora, Florida

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