The Depot at Pilot Point

The Texas & Pacific Railway Depot in Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas was abandoned in 1961 and put up for sale in 1964.

The station at Pilot Point served the T&P and the MKT railways for a while (The Grace Museum, The Portal to Texas History.)

The Texas & Pacific Railway depot at Pilot Point (Denton County, Texas) stood south of Broad Street, north of Walcott, and between the track split at the end of Wilson Street (now, Scott Lane) until at least 1964.

The station was also used for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in the 1920s, according to the Sanborn Map below. In 1904, a local man named Alvin Bryant began apprenticing at the station to become a telegraph operator -- and in 1954, he was still working for the Texas & Pacific Railway! He received a 50-year service pin in an award ceremony which, hopefully, included a hefty pension check.

In 1960, the railroad proposed to abandon the station. Passenger and freight traffic would thereby cease at Pilot Point, and any businesses still using the train would have to ferry their products to designated train yards instead. By 1964, the depot was up for sale and "to be moved." But the question I have is, what happened to it? Did someone buy it? And was it moved? And if so, is it maybe someone's house now? And how the heck was it moved??

Currently, the only remnant of the time when Pilot Point's economy was semi-independent stands along Scott Lane: a wooden warehouse from the Texas Company Oil Depot.

The photo is courtesy of the Grace Museum, The Portal to Texas History.

The 1921 Sanborn Map places the now-gone T&P /MKT station between Broad Street and Wilson Street (now, Scott Lane) (LOC).

Alvin Bryant worked as a telegrapher for the T&P Railway for 50 years (!) and started his occupational journey at the Pilot Point depot.

End of the line for the Pilot Point Station in 1960: the T&P Railway proposed to abandon the structure.

The depot is up for sale in 1964!

The location of the depot is visible via a 1961 USGS map that is superimposed over a current map (USGS).

Nothing remains of the T&P railway station at Pilot Point, but an office/warehouse from the Texas Company Oil Depot, a contemporary of the depot, still sits along Scott Lane.