Location, Map & Directions

The Historic Hearne Depot
Highway 6 (Market Street) @ 9th Street

Hearne, TX 77859
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FROM Calvert/Franklin:	Go South on US 79/Texas 6 - 18 miles into Hearne Depot on Right (quarter mile after LOVE'S Travel Shop-Hearne)
FROM Bryan/College Station:	Go North on US 79/Texas6 - 21 miles into Hearne Depot on Left (after passing Sonic Burger)

About the Historic Hearne Railroad Depot...Texas Historic Marker Pending

30 53 06 N / -96 35 53 W, Hwy 6 at Southern Pacific & Missouri Pacific crossroads
The Hearne Railroad Depot was constructed in 1901 as a joint venture by the Houston & Texas Central (H&TC) and International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroads. The building is a single-story frame structure on a concrete base. The two decorative towers, the "stick-style" design, size and interior details all reflect the importance of this junction and of passenger traffic at this period. The building was designed with its two long walls parallel to the tracks, and an interlock signaling room racing north at the apex of the plan. There was a baggage room and a ticket office that served separate waiting rooms for black and white passengers. Also at the location was a Harvey House Restaurant and a Wells Fargo Railway Express building. Efforts are underway in 2003 to transform Hearne's historic depot into a visitors center & museum. The Hearne Railroad Depot is one of 12 buildings or groups of buildings in Robertson County that is preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress American Memory Collection. Seven architectural drawings and floor plans of this historic depot from this collection are featured below.