Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway Station

Building in Homestead, Florida

Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway Station

The former Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway station in February 2011

General information
Location| Homestead, Florida
Coordinates| 25°28′18″N 80°29′21″W﻿ / ﻿25.47167°N 80.48917°W﻿ / 25.47167; -80.48917Coordinates: 25°28′18″N 80°29′21″W﻿ / ﻿25.47167°N 80.48917°W﻿ / 25.47167; -80.48917
Completed| 1927
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Gustav Maass, Harvey & Clarke, West Palm Beach

The Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway Station is a historic Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot in Homestead, Florida. The station is located at 214 Northwest 9th Terrace, approximately three-quarters of a mile west of downtown Homestead.

Constructed in 1927, it is identical to the original construction of the Delray Beach Seaboard station farther north in Palm Beach County, with the sole exception of its use of the same corinthian arches used in the Naples Seaboard station and Hialeah Seaboard station, as opposed to the plain stucco arches of the Delray Beach station. It has the distinction of being both the southernmost Seaboard station and the southernmost railroad station in the United States still standing.

Like many Seaboard stations in South Florida, the structure combined both a passenger station and a freight depot. However, the station at most only briefly saw passenger service in the late 1920s[1] before the Seaboard extension between Hialeah Junction and Homestead became dedicated to freight traffic only. The structure has long since been abandoned for freight handling, and is now privately owned by an auction house, which is attempting to restore the station. The adjacent tracks now only see sporadic freight service by CSX Transportation, the successor to Seaboard.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Optional Route to Boost City". St. Petersburg Times. Aug 29, 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 2011-03-30.

Preceding station  | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Following station

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Terminus |  | Homestead – Hialeah |  | Redland

toward Hialeah

## External links[edit]

* Photos of the station from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s

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Homestead, Florida

Locations and events in italics are/were in unincorporated areas in proximity to Homestead, and have Homestead postal addresses and/or are in proximity.

Geography

Areas|

* Homestead Historic Downtown District

Education

Primary and secondary schools|

* Miami-Dade County Public Schools
* Homestead SHS
* South Dade SHS

Other education|

* Miami Dade College (Homestead Campus)
* Miami-Dade Public Library System

Other

Landmarks|

* Homestead-Miami Speedway
* Homestead Sports Complex
* Homestead Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
* Dade Correctional Institution
* Homestead Air Reserve Base (in Homestead Base)
* Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport

History|

* Death of Darren Rainey (occurred at Dade CI)

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