Southern Railway Passenger Station | |
Location | Main and Webb Sts., Burlington, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 36°5′38″N79°26′12″W / 36.09389°N 79.43667°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1892 |
Built by | North Carolina Railroad Company |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Victorian Tudor |
NRHP reference No. | 80002800 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 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 Amtrak Carolinian and Piedmont service passenger trains stop at a station nearby.
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Preceding station | Southern Railway | Following station | ||
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Elon College toward North Wilkesboro | North Wilkesboro – Morehead City | Graham toward Morehead City |