 During the 1880s and 1890s Tallahassee was served by the Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia Railroad, which ran from Georgia to Tallahassee and on to Carabelle in Franklin County.The St. James Hotel was constructed sometime during the 1870—1883 period.It was a 3-story hotel with a porch wrapping two sides, located on the corner Monroe Street and Jefferson Street.