Fredericktown station (Missouri Pacific Railroad)

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Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot
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Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, August 2002
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Location406 Villar St., Fredericktown, Missouri
Coordinates 37°33′52″N90°17′30″W / 37.56444°N 90.29167°W / 37.56444; -90.29167 Coordinates: 37°33′52″N90°17′30″W / 37.56444°N 90.29167°W / 37.56444; -90.29167
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Built byGassmah, George H.
Architectural stylerailroad depot
NRHP reference No. 00000088 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 2000

Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, also known as the Fredericktown Depot, is a historic train station located at Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri. It was built in 1917 by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, later Missouri Pacific Railroad. It is a one-story rectangular brick building with a low-pitched red tile hipped roof with Prairie School and Bungalow / American Craftsman style influences. It measures 22 feet by 128 feet, and features widely overhanging eaves supported by large curvilinear brackets and a projecting dispatcher's bay. In 1917–1918, the new Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Depot took over passenger service, while freight continued to be handled by the original St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot. Passenger service to Fredericktown was discontinued in 1972 and the building subsequently used for commercial enterprises. [2] :5,9,11

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [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. Andrew M. Halter and Roger Maserang (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fredericktown Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 9 photographs from 1999)
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