Arts, crafts, music at Crossville Depot's reopening celebration

photo The Pleasant Hill Noters, a band featuring dulcimers, harmonicas and a violin, will play from noon to 1 p.m. CDT today for the grand reopening of the Crossville Depot.
photo In honor of Sgt. Alvin C. York's experience at the Crossville Depot, members of Plateau Origami People have learned how to fold paper into hats similar to what he wore in World War I. Visitors to the Crossville Depot today can watch pop members fold or try their own skills.

Music schedule(All times Central.)Noon Pleasant Hill Noters (dulcimers, harmonicas, violin)1 p.m. Mike Garrett (stringed instruments)2 p.m. James Winslow (bagpipes) and Ann Looney (accordion)3 p.m. Terry Ashburn, Marty Gibson and Annetta Deck (piano)4 p.m. Crossville First United Methodist Church Youth Praise Team and Micah White (jazz piano)5:30 p.m. Cumberland County Playhouse entertainers6 p.m. Timothy Hawn (piano)Arts and crafts demonstrations11 a.m.-5 p.m. Chuck Jensen, Lynne Looney and Carole Cullen (painting)11 a.m.-2 p.m. Plateau Origami People; Scott Eatherly (basket weaving)1-3 p.m. Margaret Vogel (weaving)2-4 p.m. Lucy Elmore (spinning)2-5 p.m. Linda Tucker (Native American sculpture), Evelyn Hargis (termari and bead weaving)3-5 p.m. Tom Eckert (painting); Dorothy Dale (knitting/crocheting)4-5 p.m. Mara Trumbo (painting)TBA: Kathy Parli (fiber)

The grand reopening of the historic Crossville Depot will be celebrated with arts, crafts and music from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT today in Crossville, Tenn.

A free (but ticketed) reception will follow at 6:30 p.m. While supplies last, tickets can be picked up at the depot, 14 North St., or the CATS Gallery at Crossville Outlet Center, 228 Interstate Drive.

According to the Crossville-Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce, the depot was built in 1900 to replace a boxcar that was in temporary use. Medal of Honor winner Sgt. Alvin C. York, a native of neighboring Fentress County, departed from and returned to the Crossville Depot during World War I.

Later, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrived to visit the Cumberland Homesteads, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal projects.

The railroad stopped running and tracks were removed in the early 1980s. In 1996, the depot was renovated by the Rotary Clubs of Cumberland County. Today, it is a gift and coffee shop and meeting facility.

Crossville Depot is open for business and exploring the Caboose Museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday (extended hours today) and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

The grand reopening will include arts-and-crafts demonstrations throughout the day. Included are painting, origami, basket weaving, sculpting, spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, beading and fiber art. The lineup of musicians will change on the hour.

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