Burlington station (Southern Railway)

Southern Railway Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	Main and Webb Sts., Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°5′38″N79°26′12″W / 36.09389°N 79.43667°W / 36.09389; -79.43667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1892 (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.

References

1. "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 August 1, 2014.

Preceding station	Southern Railway			Following station
Elon College toward North Wilkesboro		North Wilkesboro – Morehead City		Graham toward Morehead City