Burlington station (Southern Railway)
Appearance
Southern Railway Passenger Station | |
Location | Main and Webb Sts., Burlington, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°5′38″N 79°26′12″W / 36.09389°N 79.43667°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1892 |
Built by | North Carolina Railroad Company |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Victorian Tudor |
NRHP reference No. | 80002800[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 23, 1980 |
Southern Railway Passenger Station is a historic train station located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1892 by the North Carolina Railroad, and is a rectangular, one story red brick and wood building in a Victorian Tudor style. It features a hipped roof with flared eaves, decorative brackets, and an octagonal tower and two triangular dormers.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.
Current Amtrak Carolinian and Piedmont service passenger trains stop at a station nearby.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Barry Jacobs and Jerry L. Cross (November 1979). "Southern Railway Passenger Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
Preceding station | Southern Railway | Following station | ||
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Elon College toward North Wilkesboro
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North Wilkesboro – Morehead City | Graham toward Morehead City
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Categories:
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Victorian architecture in North Carolina
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892
- Buildings and structures in Burlington, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina
- Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina
- Former railway stations in North Carolina
- Alamance County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs