Boca Express Train Museum
The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida [East Coast Railway] train station in Boca Raton, Florida. designed by Chester G. Henninger, built for Clarence H. Geist. It is located at 747 South Dixie Highway, off U.S. [Route 1 in Florida|U.S. 1 (Federal Highway)]. On October 24, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
That the building was restored and turned into a museum must be credited to the philanthropist Countess de Hoernle, who bought the abandoned building as a present for her husband.
Use as a passenger train station
Historically, the station served several long-distance trains and one or two local trains. Into the early 1960s, passengers could take one of two Chicago-bound trains, the City of [Miami (train)|City of Miami] or the South Wind and the New York City-bound East Coast Champion, ''Havana Special, and Miamian from the FEC's station. Into the latter 1950s, passengers could take the Dixie Flagler'' to Chicago via Atlanta from the station. The FEC operated local passenger service between Jacksonville and the Miami area until July 31, 1968.Service on the line was restored by Brightline, with Boca [Raton station (Brightline)|a station] north of the museum opening on December 21, 2022.