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Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places



Location	Port Orange, Florida
Coordinates	29°8′36″N 80°59′35″W / 29.14333°N 80.99306°W / 29.14333; -80.99306
NRHP reference No.	98000057
Added to NRHP	February 5, 1998

Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight Depot is a historic Florida East Coast Railway passenger depot in Port Orange, Florida, United States. It is located at 415C Herbert Street, off U.S. 1. The depot was originally constructed in 1894 as two buildings. The depot was constructed by the narrow-gauge St. Johns and Halifax Railway, a division of the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway.

On December 31, 1885, Henry Flagler purchased the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway. In September 1895, he changed the name to the Florida East Coast Railway.

The initial buildings included a passenger depot, FEC building #245, which was built immediately south of Dunlawton Avenue with the platform facing north. A second building, a freight depot, FEC building #246, was constructed south of the passenger depot. In 1924, the two buildings were joined as a passenger station. Regular passenger service ended in 1932. In February 1938, the building was remodeled to its current appearance. The windows, pedestrian doors and waiting platform were removed.

The building continued to be used as a freight depot until 1964. The depot continued to be a flag stop until the strike on January 23, 1963, and is listed in the last pre-strike time table dated December 12, 1962. In 1966 the depot was purchased and moved 500 feet north. The depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 1998. In 2015 the City of Port Orange purchased the depot from long time Port Orange resident and business owner Bryan Berntsen to restore the building.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Milligan, Michael (2008). Railroad Depots of Central Florida. Arcadia Publishing. p. 112.
Bramson, Seth H. (2006). Florida East Coast Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9.
Bramson, Seth H. (2006). Florida East Coast Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 7.
Bramson, Seth H. (2006). Florida East Coast Railway. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 102–103.

Preceding station	Florida East Coast Railway			Following station
New Smyrna Beachtoward Miami		Main Line		Daytona Beachtoward Jacksonville

External links

Media related to Port Orange Florida East Coast Railway Freight Depot at Wikimedia Commons
Port Orange F.E.C. Railway Freight Station at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

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