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
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Architectural styleRomanesque, Industrial Romanesque
MPS Kinston MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001768 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 1989
The former Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot.JPG
The former Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Freight Depot

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