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Decatur station (Arkansas)

Coordinates: 36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°W / 36.33528; -94.46083
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Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur
Decatur station (Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Decatur station (Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Decatur station (Arkansas) is located in the United States
Decatur station (Arkansas)
Location in United States
LocationAR 59, Decatur, Arkansas
Coordinates36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°W / 36.33528; -94.46083
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
ArchitectKansas City-Southern Railroad
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
MPSHistoric Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.92000606[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1992

The Kansas City-Southern Depot is a historic railroad station at Arkansas Highway 59 and West North Street in Decatur, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with Craftsman-style brackets and two fisheye dormers, and a cross-gable projecting telegrapher's bay decorated with fish-scale wood shingles. It was built c. 1920 by the Kansas City Southern Railway.[2]

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Kansas City-Southern Depot". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station
Gravette Main Line Gentry