Lake Waccamaw Depot

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Lake Waccamaw Depot
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LocationFlemington Ave., Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°19′16″N78°31′49″W / 34.32111°N 78.53028°W / 34.32111; -78.53028
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1900 (1900)
Architect/builderHerbert Smith
Architectural styleStick/eastlake
NRHP reference No. 83001842 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1983

Lake Waccamaw Depot is a historic train station located at Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina It was built about 1900 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is a one-story, Stick Style frame building with board-and-batten siding. It features shaped eave brackets, gable braces, and a long low slate covered gabled roof. The building was moved to its present location in 1974. Also on the property is the contributing a rectangular board-and-batten covered Section House. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

The depot is now operated as the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum, with displays of local history and natural history.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (April 1983). "Lake Waccamaw Depot" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Hallsboro
toward Columbia
Columbia  – Wilmington Bolton
toward Wilmington


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