Apopka station

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Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot
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Location Apopka, Florida
Coordinates 28°40′14″N81°30′38″W / 28.67056°N 81.51056°W / 28.67056; -81.51056
Built1918
NRHP reference No. 93000134 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 15, 1993

The Apopka Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot is a historic Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot in Apopka, Florida, United States. It is located at 36 East Station Street. The station was built in 1918 to serve a line originally used by the Tavares, Orlando, and Atlantic Railroad in 1885. On March 15, 1993, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 2010, a proposal was made to relocate the depot. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Florida Department of State Bureau of Historic Preservation - Florida National Register Review Board" (PDF). September 14, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2013.
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Tavares
toward Wildwood
Orlando Subdivision Orlando
toward Lake Charm