Texas & Pacific Railway Depot

The Texas and Pacific Railway arrived here in 1880 and platted a town near the work camp of Matthew Baird, surveyor and engineer. In 1881, the T&P built a roundhouse and immigrant house and moved a depot building to this new railroad division point. The town of Baird prospered and became county seat in 1883. A frame depot built in 1905 was converted to storage when this two-story brick depot replaced it in 1911. The Prairie Style building features a decorative belt course, overhanging eaves, a low-pitched roof, and an unusual Flemish Style parapet. In 1977, the railroad discontinued use of the building, which still recalls the town's importance as a shipping point.

Baird, Texas · United States