Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot

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Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot
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LocationE. Blount St. between N. Queen and N. McLewean Sts., Kinston, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°15′47″N77°34′49″W / 35.26306°N 77.58028°W / 35.26306; -77.58028 Coordinates: 35°15′47″N77°34′49″W / 35.26306°N 77.58028°W / 35.26306; -77.58028
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Architectural styleRomanesque, Industrial Romanesque
MPS Kinston MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001768 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1989

Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot was a historic freight depot located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1900 by the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and is a two-story Romanesque style building faced in tan brick. It had a standing seam tin gable roof with a monitor roof and 11 freight bays. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 [1] but nevertheless was razed in 2009. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Allison H. Black (June 1989). "Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. "The end is near: RR freight station on the way into history". Pride of Kinston Newsletter. May 14, 2009. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-22.

Category:Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places