Lennig Depot
Depot built in 1890 in the Crystal Hill area.
This depot served the Lynchburg and Durham Railroad until 1896 when the Norfolk and Western Railway purchased the rail company. It is one of the few surviving railroad depots in Halifax County and is the most decorative. It features scalloped shingles and an arched panel at the apex of the gable. The walls of the depot are clad with board-and-batten siding and sheltered on the sides by deep overhanging eaves supported by wooden braces. The Lennig Depot was active until 1960.
South Boston History
South Boston Municipal Building in the early 1900s.
In 1884, local businessman Edwin B. Jeffress requested a post office for the area. A request was made for the name to be Boston; however, there was already a community in Virginia named Boston and as a result, the town we know today was named South Boston. The Virginia Assembly approved the town’s incorporation February 19, 1884 and the following men were appointed as the first town council: Wiley W. Ward (elected as mayor), Robert E. Jordan, James Traver, William H. Shepherd, J. Mettaper Carrington, Samuel E. Webster, and Joseph Stebbins Sr.
By 1900 South Boston had become the second largest bright leaf tobacco market in the world. In 1920 the first service station opened in town. In 1923 Main Street was paved. Home mail delivery began in 1929. The first talking picture show (movie) was shown in 1929, at the Princess Theatre.