Branchville station (South Carolina)

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Southern Railway Passenger Depot
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Branchville Depot, September 2007
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Location110 N. Main St., Branchville, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°15′4″N80°48′57″W / 33.25111°N 80.81583°W / 33.25111; -80.81583
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1877 (1877)
NRHP reference No. 73001723 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1973
In 2016 Southern Railway Passenger Depot, Branchville, SC, US.jpg
In 2016

Southern Railway Passenger Depot, also known as Branchville Depot, is a historic train station located at Branchville, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1877 by the Southern Railway. It is a one-story, brick building with a stucco finish and hipped roof. It was the site of a speech given by President-elect William Howard Taft in 1909. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Luther H. Folk; Doris E. Berry & Mary Ann Eaddy (March 1973). "Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Southern Railway Passenger Depot, Orangeburg County (110 N. Main St., Branchville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
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Edisto
toward Augusta
AugustaCharleston Fifty Eight
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