welcome to the 1910 train depot at james madison's montpelier, located between route 20 and the norfolk southern railway. in 1910, this railroad belonged to southern rail. and mr. dupont, the owner of montpelier at the time, wanted the train to stop for him and in order to have that happen, he needed to build a train station, so he did. come on inside and i'll show it to you. the history at montpelier is very interesting in the dupont era, because, of course, the duponts were not a southern family. the duponts, especially william and annie dupont, had actually lived in europe for a number of years before coming back to america where they chose to settle out here in western virginia. so they were coming into a different social atmosphere than they were accustomed to. either in delaware or where weather tthe family was in europe. and in the south, things were segregated. they were in the north to a lesser extent and certainly they weren't in europe. since he was living in the south, he to abide by customs, with a segregated set of waiting rooms. there were segregated kitchens and dining r

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