Live Oak Union Depot
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Union Depot and Atlantic Coast Line Freight Station
| image = Live Oak Union Depot01.jpg
| caption = Union Depot
| location = Live Oak, Florida
| coordinates = {{coord|30|17|49|N|82|59|1|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Florida#USA
| area =
| architect =
| architecture = Masonry Vernacular with Romanesque Revival elements
| added = April 24, 1986
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Live Oak is a former railroad station in Live Oak, Florida. It is located at 208 North Ohio Avenue, on the corner of Haines Street Northeast. The station was built at one of two junctions of an Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad lines. It also served the Florida Railway (a line leading to the Mayo area), as well as the Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Railroad.
The station was a flag stop on the SCL and Louisville and Nashville's Gulf Wind, between Madison and Live Oak, and until 1966 an additional daily local train served the station as well.'Official Guide of the Railways,' January 1966, Seaboard Air Line section, Table 8'Official Guide of the Railways,' December 1966, Seaboard Air Line section, eliminated from Table 8 The ACL and the SAL merged in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. In 1971 the SCL terminated the Gulf Wind, on the creation of Amtrak, ending passenger service in Live Oak.
On April 24, 1986, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. When Amtrak extended the Sunset Limited to Orlando in 1993 the nearest station with a stop was in Lake City. Today, only the former SAL line survives.
The Suwannee County Historical Museum is located in the depot. Exhibits include a telephone display, a 16th-century Timucaun Indian Village recreation and local history artifacts. The station is one block south of the Old Live Oak City Hall.
Gallery
File:Live Oak ACL Freight Station01.jpg|Atlantic Coast Line Freight Station
File:Live Oak Union Depot03.jpg
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216142048/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Suwannee Suwannee County listings], Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- [http://www.cityofliveoak.org/index.asp?Type=B_LOC&SEC={F97B21F8-C3E5-418B-90C8-8ACBDAAA1F2F}&DE={61CE6B03-55EC-4A6E-BD94-F5AA0F9C15C9} Information about the Suwannee County Historical Museum on the City of Live oak website]
- [http://www.visitsuwanneecounty.com/index.php?view=article&catid=53%3Amuseums&id=160%3Asuwannee-county-historical-museum&option=com_content&Itemid=61 Information about the Suwannee County Historical Museum on the Suwanne County Tourism site]
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|line1=Dupont-High Springs|left1=Suwanee|right1=Padlock
|system2=Seaboard Air Line Railroad|line2=River Junction-Jacksonville|left2=Falmouth|right2=Houston
}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Florida}}
Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Category:Museums in Suwannee County, Florida
Category:Buildings and structures in Suwannee County, Florida
Category:History museums in Florida
Category:Vernacular architecture in Florida
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Suwannee County, Florida
Category:Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Category:Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Suwannee County, Florida
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