Hitchcock Depot

According to local oral tradition, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad (GCSF) gained a vital right-of-way through Emily Hitchcock's property in 1875 by agreeing to establish a depot named for her deceased husband, Lent Munson Hitchcock. GCSF platted the town of Hitchcock in 1891. The depot, built by 1893, became a social center as passengers, freight, and agricultural produce moved past its doors. This structure, the last of this area's GCSF depots still standing, was relocated here by the Santa Fe Area Historical Foundation in 1975 and converted for museum use in 1982.

Hitchcock Depot is a historical marker in Hitchcock, Galveston County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3654, -95.0685 near Hitchcock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Grace Memorial (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Original Site of First Baptist Church of Alta Lome, Alta Loma, and U. S. Naval Air Station (Blimp Base).

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167007492. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.