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Downing
Former Burlington Route passenger station
Downing Railroad Depot, September 2012
General information
LocationSouth Bondurant Street, Downing, Missouri 63536
History
Opened1872
Services
Preceding station Burlington Route Following station
Lancastertoward Shenandoah ShenandoahKeokuk Crawfordtoward Keokuk
Downing Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationCity Park, Downing, Missouri
Coordinates40°28′59″N 92°22′8″W / 40.48306°N 92.36889°W / 40.48306; -92.36889
Arealess than one acre
Built1872 (1872)
Built byKeokuk & Western Railroad County
NRHP reference No.83001037
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1983

Downing station, also known as the Depot Museum, is a historic train station located at Downing, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was built in 1872 by the Keokuk & Western Railroad. It is a one-story, frame building with board and batten siding. The building features a gable roof with wide overhanging eaves and ornate cross stickwork brackets. It was moved to its present location in 1976, and houses a local history museum.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the Downing Railroad Depot.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Linda D. Harper, Inez Shaw, and James M. Denny (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downing Railroad Depot" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 5 photographs from 1980)
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