Cope Depot

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Cope Depot
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LocationCope Rd., Cope, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°22′40″N81°00′28″W / 33.37775°N 81.00772°W / 33.37775; -81.00772
Arealess than one acre
Built1893
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No. 01000298 [1]

The Cope Depot, or Manchester and Augusta Railroad Station in Cope, South Carolina was a privately owned railroad depot [2] [3] built in 1893. It was built by the Manchester and Augusta Railroad six years before being acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The depot is located along what is today the CSX Orangeburg Subdivision, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [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. Riley, Jo Helen V.; Roxanne R. Cummings (July 1, 2000). "Cope Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. "Cope Depot, Orangeburg County (Cope Rd., Cope)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 29 July 2012.