Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn

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Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn, July 2011
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Location1620 Brook Rd., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°33′36″N77°26′48″W / 37.56000°N 77.44667°W / 37.56000; -77.44667 Coordinates: 37°33′36″N77°26′48″W / 37.56000°N 77.44667°W / 37.56000; -77.44667
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1907 (1907)
NRHP reference No. 06000349 [1]
VLR No.127-6171
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 4, 2006
Designated VLRMarch 8, 2006 [2]

Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn is a historic interurban car barn located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built by the Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway in 1907. It is a one-story, gable-roofed, T-plan building with a steel frame clad with corrugated steel panels. A one-story transformer station was added to the east side of the building in the 1920s. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [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. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Kimberly M. Chen (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Railway Car Barn" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos