Interurban Building (Interurban Terminal)

The story

The Interurban Building at Jackson and Browder went up in 1915 in the center of the central business district. It replaced three smaller interurban stations. It served a network of electric lines that the city describes as the largest in Texas and the South and the third largest in the United States, bringing buyers from Waco, Denison, Denton and Fort Worth.

The city credits the lines with helping Dallas become the leading financial, wholesale and distribution center of the Southwest. One local history blog says the Texas Interurban route reached Dallas in 1908 and ran about 40 years before being discontinued in 1948. The building became a Dallas Landmark in 2001, and the same blog says it has since been converted to residences.

What's There Now

The building still stands and has been converted to residences, according to a local history blog.

Everything that was here

• 1915–present

  Interurban Building (Interurban Terminal)Train Station

  The downtown terminal where Dallas' interurban electric lines met, replacing three smaller stations.

  See the map in 1916 →

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