Views of the Cave Spring depot in 1989
photo by Wes Schultz
Cave Spring depot
photo by Wes Schultz
Cave is sometimes open for tours
photo by Wes Schultz
Restrooms near the stream that comes from the cave
photo by Wes Schultz
The Hearn Inn
photo by Wes Schultz
Main school building
photo by Wes Schultz
Early church
photo by Wes Schultz
Downtown business block
photo by Wes Schultz
Former drug store at the corner is now a restaurant
photo by Wes Schultz
Vann Cherokee cabin is being restored
photo by Wes Schultz
Cabin was placed on buildings in peril list
photo by Wes Schultz
Vann family
photo by Wes Schultz
Welcome center is in historic home
photo by Wes Schultz
Old home
photo by Wes Schultz
Old home
photo by Wes Schultz
Old home
photo by Wes Schultz
Old home
photo by Wes Schultz
One of Georgia's most interesting old communities - Cave Spring - is also one of the few to still have its passenger depot standing.
The Cave Spring depot is still in active use - as a lawn mower shop.
The Cave Spring sign is still heralded on the front.
Cave Spring was along a rail line that ran from the vicinity of Selma, Ala. It went through Piedmont, Ala., which also still has its depot.
The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad continued northeast from Cave Spring to south Rome at Atlanta Junction.
An iron trestle was long in place just north of Cave Spring, but it was finally taken down in 2014.
The community gets its name from a spring inside a cave that produces two million gallons of water a day. Nearby are an old school and church, the Hearn Inn and the Georgia School for the Deaf.
Cave Spring also retains many of its historic downtown buildings and Victorian homes.
A two-story log building dating to the Cherokee Vann family was found inside a rotting downtown hotel. It is undergoing restoration.
The old rail line through Cave Spring remains intact in railroad ownership, and there is an effort to preserve it as a scenic trail.