Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries

When I first saw this picture, I wondered where the depot was? I’d been to Boydton several times but had not seen a depot. I’m told it had been torn down, and that it used to be located on the south side of the tracks on Washington street, (the street seen crossing the tracks in the picture). The old Depot location is circled on the map below blue.

I would like to know more about the depot. This wanted ad (from 1902) showed it took 5 hours to travel from Boydton to Richmond, VA. I wonder what it cost to ride? Where did trains go from there? West to Danville, east to Norfolk and northeast to Petersburg and Richmond? When was it torn down? When was it built? Was it there during the Civil War? If so, how interrupted was the service with blockades? Have you visited the Boydton Train Depot or taken the train from there? Do you have any memories of the Depot? If so, let me know.

Thank you Marcus Woodford for sharing your picture and also telling me the old location.