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Rural Hall station

Coordinates: 36°14′36″N 80°17′51″W / 36.24333°N 80.29750°W / 36.24333; -80.29750
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Rural Hall Depot
Rural Hall Depot, August 2013
Rural Hall station is located in North Carolina
Rural Hall station
Rural Hall station is located in the United States
Rural Hall station
LocationDepot St. (SR 1646), Rural Hall, North Carolina
Coordinates36°14′36″N 80°17′51″W / 36.24333°N 80.29750°W / 36.24333; -80.29750
Arealess than one acre
Built1888 (1888)
NRHP reference No.83001881[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1983

Rural Hall Depot is a historic train station located at Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888 for the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway. It is a one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in German siding. It measures 23 feet wide and 78 feet long. The interior consists of waiting rooms for white and "colored" passengers and a station master's office. Passenger service ceased in 1955, but the depot continued to provide services and facilities to freight trains until its closing in 1980. The building was moved to its present site in March 1980, and serves as a local railroad museum.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foard Hood; D. J. Redding, Jr. & Wilson Angley (n.d.). "Rural Hall Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
King
toward Mount Airy
Sanford Branch Germanton
toward Wilmington
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