Original depot in Converse, Texas

Center Point in Kerr County is located half way between Bandera and Fredericksburg, and between Comfort and Kerrville. It is on the south side of the Guadalupe River from HWY 27, the old main road to Kerrville from San Antonio. The old railroad right of way ran adjacent to the highway, on the north side. This land was owned by the de Ganahl family who provided right of way for the San Antonio & Aransas Pass in 1888. The family hoped this would spur new settlement on their property but this didn't happen until the road was improved after the railroad was pulled up in 1971.

Second depot in Converse, Texas

By the 1940s the original depot was no longer needed. The local economy had been transformed and the community's proximity to San Antonio rendered travel by rail a thing of the past. At the same time, property taxes on railroad properties were being increased and companies were looking for ways to reduce costs across the board. Towards this end the original structure was demolished and replaced with a much smaller structure, geared to freight and other railroad tasks rather than passengers. The building very pointedly lacked any running water, to emphasize it was no longer a residence for the station master. The need for even this smaller depot had passed by the late 1960s and it was closed and scheduled for demolition. It was rescued by the Texas Transportation Museum and moved to its current location at their property near the international airport in 1969. As such it has been in its current location far, far longer than it was in Converse. With pleasing irony, it now sells tickets to more railroad passengers in any given month than it did in its entire time in its original location. James Converse would approve.

Converse railroad depot at the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio