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Our next stop is east at the Ocean Springs depot. Completed in 1908, this depot is of a design typical of the Louisville & Nashville railroad from the early 20th century and was in use as a depot until decommissioning in 1965. This depot is home to Realizations, the art shop operated by the family of Walter Anderson, and the Ocean Springs Visitor Center.

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Just one town over, the Gautier depot is now a private residence that is not open to the public. Moved just a short distance from its original location, this is the only surviving 19th-century depot on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, having been constructed in 1898. Also nearby is a rare surviving Railroad Supervisor’s House, once owned by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

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Crossing the river, we reach the Pascagoula depot. Built in 1904, this building was constructed the same year that the communities of Scranton (where the depot was located) and Pascagoula (located a mile south along the Mississippi Sound) voted to unify under the name Pascagoula. Constructed in a design typical of the Louisville & Nashville railroad from the early 20th century, the depot was once home to Pascagoula Main Street and now awaits rehabilitation for a new use.

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The Wiggins depot is the second depot to be constructed by the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad for this stop; the first was destroyed in the 1910 fire that devastated the town. Designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1999, the building was moved to its present location in 2000. In 2014, the Stone County Economic Development Partnership began occupying the former depot.

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