Southern Railway - Johnson City Depot
After sharing a depot with the ET&WNC, Southern Railway built a new station in the heart of downtown Johnson City in 1912. The passenger station and freight depot address was originally listed as Buffalo near Railroad in the 1908 Johnson City Directory, the same as ET&WNC. Between 1917 and 1960, the address changed several times and was listed as: "between Market and Roan," 220 North Railroad Avenue, 200 Railroad Avenue, and 218 Railroad Avenue. The freight depot was listed at 100 Wellbourne.
The Southern Depot is closest to Gothic Revival style with the steeply pitched roof, designed gables, and three ornate dormers.
Poly arch brackets adorn the brick walls on all four sides. The middle dormer features an arch top window with a spiderweb design. The same style window is repeated on each side near the tiled roof.
The windows are semi-arched with single lower panes, diamond designed upper panes, and ornamented with brick hood moldings. The front of the depot boasts five double windows, a bay ticket window, entrance door, two small windows and a freight door with a twelve-pane arched hood molding.
The 1977 Johnson City Directory lists the new address for Southern as Railroad and Elm.
Southern offered more connections than the other stations, but the need for passenger service declined with the advanced technology of bus service, automobiles, and highways. August 12, 1970 was the date of the last passenger train for Southern Railway.
The Johnson City Housing Authority purchased the property in 1972. According to Sonya A. Haskins in Johnson City, this station was demolished in 1973. The reason for the demolition was to make room for the Downtown Traffic Loop in order to "create a better traffic pattern." Dorothy Hamill, in an article in the Johnson City Press-Chronicle stated, "another landmark yielding to the onward sweep of progress."