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RICHARD GRAULICN/Staif file photo
The historic wooden building, which sits on a Seabrook Road lot owned by Tequesta,
oper.ated on Alternate A1A during the early days of Henry Flagler's railroad.
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By BILL DIPAOLO money for renovations to the depot's
Pn1t�:I3each Yost Stajf Writer I'o0f windows and deck, Delate said.
Moving a former depot built in The 22-by-53-foot depot was a stop-
1915 for Henry Flagler's railroad ping point during the early days of
to Sawfish Bay Park was approved the railroad. It operate� for about two
unanimously Tiiesday by the town decades on the west side of Alternate
council, a month before the 100th AlA, just south of Center Street and
anniversary of the completion of the across from Bell's Mobile Home Park,
railroad between Key West and Jack- Delate said.
sonville. Plans call for turning it into a mu-
"The depot is part of Jupiter's seum and meeting room available to
history. Because so many historic rent.
builclings were made out of wood, not The depot is now on a Seabrook
many of them remain to show what Road 2-acre lot urchased by Teques-
life was like back then," said Mary- ta last year for �225,000. Tequesta of
Therese Delate, past president of the ficials had plannecl to demolish it as
Loxahatchee Guild. part of a plan to build a park there.
The town approved spending up to The Tequesta Village Council has
$80,000 in October to move the depot tentatively agreed to give the depot
and build a foundation for the struc- to Jupiter. Final approval is pending.
ture on public property. The guild, Bids on moving the depot and
wliich was active in the preservation building the fqundation are sched-
of the Tindall House near Jupiter uled to be opened Dec. 19.
Lighthouse Park, plans to help raise O bill_dipaolo@pbpost.com