The Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad built this depot to serve Tate, which was the busy company town that grew up around Samuel Tate’s Georgia Marble Company. After passenger service was ended in the 1940s, the depot was eventually owned by CSX. The structure was abandoned for many years, and located across Georgia Highway 53, where it was located dangerously close to the roadway. It was moved across the road and restored in 2016 and will eventually serve as an event space for the community.
Georgia Marble Company and Tate Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
It was Sam Tate’s Georgia Marble Co. and not Samuel Tate. Samuel was Colonel Sam Tate’s grandfather and died before Sam Tate took over ownership in 1905.