Durant station

Durant, MS
Durant, MS
General information
Location	436 E. Mulberry St.; Durant, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°04′27″N 89°51′11″W / 33.07417°N 89.85306°W
History
Opened	1858
Closed	September 10, 1995
Rebuilt	1909
Services
	Durant Illinois Central Railroad Depot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	15000988
Added to NRHP	January 19, 2016

Durant station is a former railway station in Durant, Mississippi. The town was founded in 1858 as a station on the Mississippi Central Railroad, later part of the Illinois Central Railroad. The modern station building was constructed in 1909 after the previous station was heavily damaged in a fire.^[1] Amtrak trains began bypassing the station after September 10, 1995.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 2016. Restoration of the building began in 2018.^[3]

References

^ "Illinois Central Preparing Plans for Brick Station to Replace One Recently Destroyed-A Handsome Structure". Durant News. December 8, 1908.
^ "New Stops Just Waiting on Amtrak". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. September 8, 1995. p. 15. Retrieved November 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cauthen, Sharron (August 30, 2018). "Durant Depot restoration project begins". The Star-Herald. Kosciusko, Mississippi. p. B3. Retrieved April 11, 2025.

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