After nearly a year of renovations, Norfolk Southern donated the historic train depot near the corner of North Market Street and West Taggart Street to the village of East Palestine.

Last May, the rail company announced that it would be parting ways with the old freight station which it acquired, when it acquired the rail line in 1998.

Norfolk Southern officials say they put in close to $1 million revamping the outside of the structure, in addition to the $100,000 it will provide the village to continue renovations inside the depot.

"We wanted to make sure the community was able to use the depot in the way that they saw fit.". said Kristin Wong, the corporate giving director at Norfolk Southern.

The building which dates back to the mid-to-late 1800s, has been dormant for decades. Mayor Trent Conaway has a vision for a museum at one end of the depot.

"The rail has been an important part of East Palestine, so we want to show that and definitely put up pictures of the incident and show exactly what happened, all the cleanup efforts--how it looking and a very important time in East Palestine.", Conaway said, referring to the train derailment last February.

Other possibillites include a banquet hall and a place for community events. The mayor says they'll have to hire contractor and expect to get the ball rolling in the next few months.