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Ladies and Gentlemen,I am interested in some 1920's era photos of the Seaboard Air Lines Depot in Gainesville, Florida. The depot will be restored and will become the anchor attraction in a 40 acre park in downtown Gainesville. I am interested in interior as well as exterior photos. Also some views of the general condition of the area would be helpful. The city is considering having a railroad museum or other railroad attraction at the site.
Thank you
-- Ed Morales (morales@bergmannpc.com), March 06, 2002
An brief update on the SAL depot restoration project ran in the Gainesville Sun yesterday.http://gainesvillesun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/20030730/LOCAL/207300334/1007
It would be great to see a true railroad museum developed in the building at some point.
-- Jeff Gerlach (jgerlach@trainsofthought.com), July 31, 2003.
I dont know how many times a proposal had come up to restore the depot, but it never seemed to happen. I dont live in gainesville anymore, would be nice to see it happen, but knowing the gainesville city comission and how things work up there, i wont believe it until i see it done. They have more important things to do, like tax the hell out of everything up there and spend money on anti-growth studies. I dont think i will ever understand their "bite the hands that feeds you" mentality of the people who live there and the politicians.end gainesville rant, glad I live in a real city now
if it does happen, let me know, i will go check it out
hope to god they dont paint it orange and blue
-- troy nolen (tnolen12@tampabay.rr.com), March 10, 2002.
Ed,If you have not already done so, try the Matheson Historical Center in Gainesville. It contains a wealth of historical documentation.
A fellow student of mine at the University of Florida did a research paper on this building, and although I have not seen it, I believe it is still listed (along with my own student research project) among the College of Archictecture's holdings. The online citation is:
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/publications/presdox.html
[see esp. listings 627, 701]
I am very interested in this project and would be happy to be of any assistance that I can.
Best regards,
Jeff Gerlach
-- Jeff Gerlach (jgerlach@trainsofthought.com), March 07, 2002.