Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)

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Depot Historic District
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LocationSoutheastern end of Depot St., bounded on the south by the Southern railroad tracks, and 111 Railroad St., south of the tracks, in Marion, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°40′52″N82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056 Coordinates: 35°40′52″N82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Builtc. 1894 (1894)-1935
Architectural styleChicago, Commercial Style
MPS Downtown Marion MPS
NRHP reference # 91000293 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1991

Depot Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings associated with the Southern Railway depot at Marion. The buildings date from about 1894 to about 1935. They are a commercial building (c. 1913), four-story former Buffaloe Building (c. 1908), commercial building (1911), Laughridge Furniture Company Building (c. 1894), and freight depot (c. 1935). [2]

Marion, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Marion is a city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of McDowell County. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox". Marion's Main Street Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The population was 7,838 at the 2010 Census.

McDowell County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

McDowell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,996. Its county seat is Marion.

Southern Railway (U.S.) Railway company in the United States, active 1894–1990

The Southern Railway is a name of a class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States. The railroad is the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (August 1990). "Depot Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.