Cowpens Depot

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Cowpens Depot
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Cowpens Depot, February 2012
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Location120 Palmetto St., Cowpens, South Carolina
Coordinates 35°0′56″N81°48′10″W / 35.01556°N 81.80278°W / 35.01556; -81.80278 Coordinates: 35°0′56″N81°48′10″W / 35.01556°N 81.80278°W / 35.01556; -81.80278
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1896 (1896)
Built bySouthern Railway Company
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No. 97001104 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 1997

Cowpens Depot, also known as Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center, is a historic train station located at Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896 by the Southern Railway. It is a one-story, rectangular frame building painted gray, with a gable roof and freight loading platform. The depot closed in 1967.

In 1982 the Town of Cowpens moved it from railroad property one block to its present location. The town has an historic railroad car on display by the depot. [2] [3] The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [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. Linda Drurybury Taylor and Wilhelmina S. Drurybury (August 1996). "Cowpens Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. "Cowpens Depot, Spartanburg County (120 Palmetto St., Cowpens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Clifton, SC
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