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The Walton County Heritage Museum is located at 1140 Circle Drive, DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Housed in the former L&N railroad depot, [2] it is part of the DeFuniak Springs Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
DeFuniak Springs, originally Lake DeFuniak, was named after Fred DeFuniak, the chief executive of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. [2] The district is bounded by Nelson and Park Avenues and 2nd and 12th Streets. It contains 172 historic buildings and 2 objects. One such historic memorial is Florida's first stone memorial to the ...
junction with Eglin Air Force Base Railroad: 00K 729.7 DeFuniak Springs: DeFuniak Springs: named for Frederick R. De Funiak, one of the P&A's founding officers 00K 734.4 Argyle 00K 741.0 Ponce de Leon: Ponce De Leon 00K 744.3 Westville: Westville 00K 750.0 Caryville: Caryville 00K 758.0 Bonifay: Bonifay 00K 767.2 Chipley: Chipley
The free event will take place from noon to 6 p.m., and will feature an exhibit by railcar manufacturer CAF USA, an Erie Railroad boxcar exhibit, operating model trains, and local historical ...
DeFuniak Springs (/ d ə ˈ f juː n iː æ k / də-FEW-nee-ak) is a city in and the county seat of Walton County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,919 as of the 2020 Census , up from 5,177 at the 2010 census.
Walton-DeFuniak Library is a historic library located at 3 Circle Drive, in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida in the United States. Opened in 1887, it is the oldest continuously run library in the state. [1] [2] [3] It is a contributing property in the DeFuniak Springs Historic District. The City of DeFuniak Springs and the commissioner ...
The L&N depot currently serves as the home for The Historic Railpark and Train Museum, with a two-story museum in the old colored waiting room, and special events venue space in the original white waiting room. Museum docents provide behind the scenes guided tours of the railcars, including several very rare railroad equipment. Current vintage ...
In 1870, the Memphis & Charleston, the Mississippi Central Railroad, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway roads sent Colonel De Funiak abroad to study European railroad construction methods, and when he returned a year later, he accepted the position of superintendent of machinery with the Louisville & Nashville. Later he was ...