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In the meantime, enjoy a little bit of history about Bristol, VA.

A Brief History of Bristol, Virginia

The Bristol Train station has been central to much local history Indeed, local historian Bud Phillips believes "there would have been no Bristol had it not been for the coming of the railroad."

The railroad was the venue through which Bristol received goods, news, mail and new residents. It was also a conduit for local goods to be transported to other markets.

Local residents fondly remember shaking hands with President Hoover, meeting friends and family-in one case even a future husband-and taking vacations or business trips on Number 42 to New York City College students came to Bristol or left for university by rail.

The Train station has been the site of much happiness and also sadness. Many soldiers left Bristol for foreign soil and never returned. Many Bristolians went to seek their fortunes elsewhere and never returned. But, many new people stepped off the plat- form to visit and chose to stay

For decades, the Train station was the center of Bristol's community beginning with the arrival of the first passenger train on Oct. 1, 1856. The first train arrived at Bristol's original depot. The existing depot was not erected until 1902 and is actually Bristol's fourth depot.

In 1848, when the route of the Virginia and Tennessee became certain, Rev. James King donated a large tract of land for a depot. This land included the location of the present depot. James Fields, a master builder from Abingdon, constructed the first depot, which was brick and stood further north, directly east of the present intersection of Cumberland Street and Randall Street Expressway It was to this depot that the first train into Bristol came on Oct. 1, 1856.

This depot was burned during Stoneman's raid on Dec. 14, 1864. After the Civil War ended, a freight car was set up as a depot. In late 1865 and early 1866, a new depot was built for Bristol, Virginia.

By 1881, Bristol had grown and the old depot was insufficient for the needs of the burgeoning city Instead of remodeling, the city officials elected to build a new structure. First they erected a passenger shed, 326 feet long, that was richly embellished with Victorian ginger- bread and had a brilliant green roof. Once this part of the construction was finished, they built a temporary office at the southern end of the passenger shed and demolished the old depot. The new depot, built by either William H. Smith or John M. Crowell, was completed by January 1882. It stood a little nearer to the state line than had its predecessor.