Cookeville Depot Museum

At the corner of Broad Street at Cedar Avenue. Built in 1909 and surrounded by a Park Plaza, the museum houses permanent holdings which include railway artifacts, old photos of the railroad in Putnam County, and a caboose with its original interior. Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, April through January. Other times by appointment. Admission Free. (931) 528-8570 or (931) 526-9591. The Cookeville Depot, pictured about 1915.*

*From Putnam County, Tennessee, 1850-1970, by Mary Jean DeLozier (Leon and Mary Jean DeLozier; Box 386; Cookeville, TN 38501; 1979; ISBN 0-9604900). Used with permission.

 

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