Site of 1873 Houston & Texas Central Railway Depot

Here is the spot where Richardson was "born" in 1873, when the Houston & Texas Central Railway built a small one-story wood frame depot adjacent to the tracks the railroad laid through its right-of-way, now owned by DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit). The depot served as both a passenger and freight station until 1907, when it was demolished and a new, slightly larger depot was constructed on the east side of the tracks. During the first decades of the town's existance, almost all the commercial buildings faced the railway tracks.