Burlington station (Southern Railway)

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Southern Railway Passenger Station
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LocationMain and Webb Sts., Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°5′38″N79°26′12″W / 36.09389°N 79.43667°W / 36.09389; -79.43667
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892)
Built byNorth Carolina Railroad Company
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Victorian Tudor
NRHP reference No. 80002800 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1980

Southern Railway Passenger Station is a historic train station located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1892 by the North Carolina Railroad, and is a rectangular, one story red brick and wood building in a Victorian Tudor style. It features a hipped roof with flared eaves, decorative brackets, and an octagonal tower and two triangular dormers. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.

Current passenger trains stop at a modern station nearby.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barry Jacobs and Jerry L. Cross (November 1979). "Southern Railway Passenger Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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