Today's view is from Hamburger Square downtown, looking over at the building at 400 South Elm Street. This building is the Old Southern Railway Passenger Depot. It dates to the late 1800's when it was filled with people and goods coming and going, back when Greensboro was known as the Gate City.
The depot used to have a pointed, chateauesque roof on it.* The building has not been a passenger depot since 1927, but has been used by Norfolk Southern Railroad as office space. It is a glorious, historic structure that will hopefully get some new windows and be restored to its original glory. Greensboro can be proud with the extent to which original building exteriors have been retained.
*see photo and more information from Preservation Greensboro, here.
Love the curves. I do hope they restore this gorgeous old building, hopefully it's heritage listed. Happy weekend Janis ✨
Posted by: Grace | Friday, June 07, 2019 at 06:05 AM
As always - THANKS for all the wonderful photos. I've often wondered when the flat roof replaced the earlier roof. Per the article you linked this photo to, the railroad company must have done it. I thought maybe the Tornado of 1936 took off the old roof.
Posted by: Nollie W Neill Jr | Friday, June 07, 2019 at 08:51 AM
Some good use should be made of it.
Posted by: William Kendall | Friday, June 07, 2019 at 03:36 PM