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Niota
East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Depot
Main Street, Niota
423-568-2584
Directions: I-75 Exit 56. Travel TN 309-E and turn right on Hwy 11. Go one block and turn right Staley St. Depot is on the left.
This Niota landmark is Tennessee’s oldest railroad depot, and is currently home to City Hall. Built in 1854, the brick depot had two separate sections: one as a ticket booth, office and customer seating; the second as a large open warehouse for freight. Federal forces occupied Niota - then known as Mossy Creek - during the war and even turned the depot into a minifortification by knocking out bricks from the freight section so their rifles could fire on passing troops. During the second half of the war, the 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery, Company C, and the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company C, were stationed in the town at different times and both units used the depot.
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