United States historic place
Burgaw Depot | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
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Location | 102 E. Fremont, Burgaw, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°33′0″N 77°55′43″W / 34.55000°N 77.92861°W / 34.55000; -77.92861 |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c. 1850 (1850), 1898, 1916-1917 |
Built by | Wilmington & Weldon Railroad |
NRHP reference No. | 86001910 |
Added to NRHP | July 24, 1986 |
Burgaw Depot is a historic train station located at Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, with a later 1898 T-shaped addition of passenger waiting rooms and offices and a 1916-1917 addition of freight and warehouse space. It is a long one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in a combination of lap and board and batten siding, and resting on cement, brick and wooden foundations. It is one of only two known surviving antebellum depots in North Carolina; the other is located at Selma, North Carolina.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the Burgaw Historic District.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Fred H. Walker; Virginia Oswald & Wilson Angley (August 1985). "Burgaw Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
Preceding station | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | Following station | ||
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Wathatoward Wilson | Wilson – Wilmington | Ashtontoward Wilmington |
External links
- Media related to Burgaw Depot at Wikimedia Commons
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- Buildings and structures in Pender County, North Carolina
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