ACWORTH — Almost 50 years ago, Mack Turner remembers watching trains slow down as they approached Acworth’s old depot and seeing a hand reach out with that day’s mail, which was grabbed by somebody standing by the rails.
For about $3, 13-year-old Turner would hang around the depot each weekend and answer the phones that used to hang on the side of the building for a taxi service.
Painted green and yellow, the building stood on Main Street in downtown Acworth next to the train tracks, and was a common fixture to the city block until it was moved to its current location in 1970.
The train tracks are still there, but the historic building now sits on Winn Street, tucked away from the city’s downtown strip.
The paint is peeling, and the building is being used for minor storage.
Turner, now 67, wants to bring it back.
Surrounded by plates of fried chicken, corn bread and berry pie, about 20 people met at Daddy’s Country Kitchen in Acworth on Thursday night to discuss their plans to restore the old depot.
via The Marietta Daily Journal – Group seeks to bring Acworth depot back to life.
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