1891

From The Railroad Gazette, September 1891 - "For a town of several thousand people, and somewhat of a suburban station well, the requirements in the South are for a building with accommodation for first-class passengers (white), and second-class passengers (negros), both under the general supervision of the station agent, who is telegraph operator and ticket agent as well. It is also necessary to provide a freight room and large platform for handling cotton and merchandise. The Grovetown station combines all of these special features in a simple, picturesque and quaint building -- one which helps the town, and that advertises and builds up the railroad as well. the windmill (forming so picturesque a feature of the building) was designed with special reference to the necessary water supply in the connection with the toilet accommodations, etc., of the building. This is but one of the picturesque stations now in course of erection costing about  $5,000."

It served the residents of Grovetown until 1970 when passenger trains no longer ran the Augusta-Atlanta line. It was demolished in 1973.

Station was made of Yellow Pine, Cypress and Metallic Shingles, and it's dimensions were 25 x 90 feet which were exclusive of Awnings, Port Cochere and Cotton Platform.

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