Luray station

Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
The station in 2007
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Location	Jct. Campbell St. and Norfolk Southern Railway, Luray, Virginia
Coordinates	38°39′50″N78°27′38″W / 38.66389°N 78.46056°W / 38.66389; -78.46056
Area	.7 acres (0.28 ha) [1]
Built	1906
Architect	Charles S. Churchill
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Tudor Revival [2]
NRHP reference No.	99001718 [3]
VLR No.	159-0024
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 27, 2000 [3]
Designated VLR	December 1, 1999 [4]

The Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station is a historic train station located in Luray, Virginia, United States. The Shenandoah Valley Railroad reached Luray in 1881 and constructed a station near where the present station is located. Shortly after the Norfolk and Western Railway absorbed the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1890, plans arose to construct a new station in Luray. ^[5] This station, which still stands, was constructed in 1906 and was designed by the railroad's Chief Engineer, Charles S. Churchill. ^[1] The structure was partially destroyed by fire in 1908 when it was struck by lightning; however, it was soon thereafter reconstructed according to the original design. ^[6] The station is a one-story brick structure featuring a hip roof. The building was converted to freight use around 1960 ^[1] and was sold to the town of Luray by the Norfolk and Western's successor, the Norfolk Southern Railway, in 1999. ^[7]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2000. ^[3] It is a contributing property in the Luray Downtown Historic District. ^[8]

The building was rehabilitated by the Town of Luray in 2009 and is currently home to the Page County Railway Museum, the Luray-Page County Visitor Center, and offices for the Luray Downtown Initiative and the Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce.

Preceding station	Norfolk and Western Railway			Following station
Grottoes toward Roanoke		Hagerstown  – Roanoke		Front Royal toward Hagerstown

Footnotes

1. Pezzoni 1999, section 7, p. 1.
2. Pezzoni 1999, p. 2.
3. National Register Information System
4. Virginia Landmarks Register , p. 59.
5. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 7.
6. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 8.
7. Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 9.
8. Pezzoni and Giles 2002, pp.7–8.

References

• "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010.
• Pezzoni, J. Daniel (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
• Pezzoni, J. Daniel & Leslie A. Giles (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Luray Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. pp. 7–8.
• "Virginia Landmarks Register" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved August 16, 2013.