Manila station (Arkansas)

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Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Depot
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The Manila Depot, looking west from Baltimore Avenue
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Location in United States
LocationJct. of S. Dewey and Baltimore Sts., NW corner, Manila, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°52′43″N90°10′0″W / 35.87861°N 90.16667°W / 35.87861; -90.16667
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural stylePlain traditional
Restored1997
MPS Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000206 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1997

The Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Depot is a historic former railroad station in Manila, Arkansas.

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History

The JLC&E Railroad was chartered in 1897 by businessmen from Jonesboro, Arkansas in neighboring Craighead County to take advantage of the virgin timber of the "sunken lands" of the north eastern part of the state. The first train arrived in Manila on December 2, 1900, and the town would usually see four trains a day until 1938. [2]

This station was built in 1910, and is a well-preserved example of a wood-frame board-and-batten station of the period. [3] The following year, the railroad came under the ownership of prominent Mississippi County plantation owner Robert E. Lee Wilson. [2] Though the depot was primarily utilized to serve the timber industry area, as Manila was also the fish processing center for that part of Arkansas, it was not uncommon for 40 tons of fish and other aquatic cargo to be shipped out of the depot on a daily basis. [3]

The depot was formally closed on December 30, 1977. [4] It is now owned by the city. [3] The building was completely restored in 1997 with funds from the estates of Eena Wilson Grieshammer and her sister, Roxie Wilson Cates. [5]

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

Building Description

It is a modest single-story wood-frame structure with a gable roof, standing at the northwest corner of South Dewey and Baltimore Streets. The board-and-batten walls are fenestrated by four over four double hung windows.

1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the location of the Manila Depot Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Manila, Mississippi County, Arkansas. LOC sanborn00297 001.jpg
1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the location of the Manila Depot

Manila Depot Museum

In 2001, a museum was opened in the depot to interpret the history of the city of Manila. Exhibits include artifacts from local military veterans, and the depot office and waiting room are set up to recreate the heyday of Manila of the 1920s. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Donna. "Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "NRHP nomination for Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad Depot". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  4. Jackson, Donna Brewer. "Manila (Mississippi County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Jackson, Donna Brewer. "Manila Depot Museum and Main Street Historical Museum". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 2, 2024.