Leslie station (Arkansas)

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Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-Leslie
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LocationSW end of Walnut St., Leslie, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°49′38″N92°33′32″W / 35.82722°N 92.55889°W / 35.82722; -92.55889 Coordinates: 35°49′38″N92°33′32″W / 35.82722°N 92.55889°W / 35.82722; -92.55889
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Built by Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Plain Traditional
MPS Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000613 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1992

The Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-Leslie is a historic railroad station at the end of Walnut Street in Leslie, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story building, with stone walls and a bellcast hip roof with extended eaves. A telegrapher's bay projects from the southwest side. It was built c. 1925, and is a surviving representative of the economic success brought to the community with the arrival of the railroad in 1903. [2]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [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. "NRHP nomination for Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-Leslie". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-08-05.