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{{Infobox NRHP
| name                 = Greyhound Half-Way House<br />(Waverly, Tennessee)
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| image                = Greyhound Half-Way House.jpg
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| caption              = Greyhound Half-Way House, preserved, April 2014
| locmapin             = Tennessee#USA
| map_label            = Greyhound Half-Way House
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| map_caption          = Location in [[Tennessee]]##Location in [[United States]]
| coordinates          = {{coord|36.082879|-87.792843|display=inline,title}}
| location             = 124 East Main Street, [[Waverly, Tennessee]]
| built                = 1938 or 1939
| architect            = [[William Nowland Van Powell|W. N. Van Powell]]
| architecture         = [[Streamline Moderne]]
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| refnum               = 99001588
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The '''Greyhound Half-Way House''' at 124 E. Main Street in [[Waverly, Tennessee]], United States, is a building formerly operated by [[Greyhound Lines]] as a '''Greyhound Half-Way Station'''.
The "half-way" name reflected its role as a rest stop at the midpoint of a longer trip. In the Waverly's station's case, it is located at the approximate midpoint of [[U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee|U.S. Highway 70]] between [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and [[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]] in Tennessee.<ref name= "NRHP">{{cite web |title=NRHP Asset Detail |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/0dbdf2c9-992e-419c-9a70-fe13d26096ef |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=April 8, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
The Waverly Half-Way site began operation in 1925. The preserved structure was built in 1938 or 1939.  Designed by [[William Nowland Van Powell]] the building is an example of [[Streamline Moderne]] architecture, and is faced with blue glazed tile.<ref name= "NRHP" />
It ceased to operate as a Greyhound station in 1973 and was partially boarded up and repainted at that time.<ref name= "NRHP" />  A nearly-identical building, a half-way station constructed in [[Flat River, Missouri]], still stands but retains very little of its historic appearance, and now functions as a [[laundromat]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Missouri Greyhound Bus Stations |url=http://www.roadarch.com/bus/mo.html |website=RoadsideArchitecture.com |access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>
The Waverly Half-Way station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999,<ref name= "NRHP" /> and currently serves as offices for the [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys County]] Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Chamber |url=https://www.humphreyscountychamberofcommerce.com/about-the-chamber.html |website=Humphreys County Chamber of Commerce |access-date=April 8, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Greyhound Waverly Half-Way House 1943.png|thumb|left|A Greyhound bus stops at the Half-Way station in Waverly, Tennessee, on a trip in September 1943 (photo by U.S. [[Farm Security Administration]]) ]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017862177/ 1943 Trip from Memphis to Louisville], Farm Security Administration, Office of Wartime Information,  Library of Congress Photo Series
* [https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/782bebfa-fa25-4aef-a1d2-36ec81d6dd1f NRHP Application] National Register of Historic Places
[[Category:Bus stations on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Greyhound Lines]]
[[Category:Transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Bus stations in the United States]]
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