Old photo of Rural Retreat

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Frank:

I'm not certain of this, but in examining my drawings yesterday, I found a floor plan, no elevations, dated March of 1949(I think, maybe 1948, I have to look again) that noted that this was scheme 1, and a note on it said, "Removal of towers", which I'd interpret as removal of the high portion only, as the floor plan reflected the waiting rooms still in place.

I did not have a copy of "scheme 2", so who knows what that might say.

However, the removal of the towers would fall into play on the remodel that was completed later that year.

Ken Miller

On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:31 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> We continue our quest to find out when the Rural Retreat Depot had its tower shortened.  Some speculated that it was shortened when the depot was rebuilt (1868) after being burned by Union soldiers.  Yesterday we found the attached postcard that shows the two-story tower AND several early 1900's automobiles.  There had to be a remodel sometime between 1920 and 1949, so are there any records we can search to find out?  Thank you for your help.  PS we have a number of photos and a video of the 630 passing through on our website.

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> Frank Akers

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