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(Redirected from Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station) United States historic place
Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
The station in 2007
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LocationJct. Campbell St. and Norfolk Southern Railway, Luray, Virginia
Coordinates38°39′50″N 78°27′38″W / 38.66389°N 78.46056°W / 38.66389; -78.46056
Area.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectCharles S. Churchill
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.99001718
VLR No.159-0024
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2000
Designated VLRDecember 1, 1999

The Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station is a historic train station located in Luray, Virginia, United States. The Shenandoah Valley Railroad reached Luray in 1881 and constructed a station near where the present station is located. Shortly after the Norfolk and Western Railway absorbed the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1890, plans arose to construct a new station in Luray. This station, which still stands, was constructed in 1906 and was designed by the railroad's Chief Engineer, Charles S. Churchill. The structure was partially destroyed by fire in 1908 when it was struck by lightning; however, it was soon thereafter reconstructed according to the original design. The station is a one-story brick structure featuring a hip roof. The building was converted to freight use around 1960 and was sold to the town of Luray by the Norfolk and Western's successor, the Norfolk Southern Railway, in 1999.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2000. It is a contributing property in the Luray Downtown Historic District.

The building was rehabilitated by the Town of Luray in 2009 and is currently home to the Page County Railway Museum, the Luray-Page County Visitor Center, and offices for the Luray Downtown Initiative and the Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce.

Preceding station Norfolk and Western Railway Following station
Grottoestoward Roanoke Hagerstown – Roanoke Front Royaltoward Hagerstown

Footnotes

  1. ^ National Register Information System
  2. ^ Pezzoni 1999, section 7, p. 1.
  3. Pezzoni 1999, p. 2.
  4. Virginia Landmarks Register, p. 59.
  5. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 7.
  6. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 8.
  7. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 9.
  8. Pezzoni and Giles 2002, pp.7–8.

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