Union Station (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)

Union Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Union Station (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
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Location	E. 4th Ave. and State St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°13′34″N92°0′6″W / 34.22611°N 92.00167°W / 34.22611; -92.00167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906 (1906)
Built by	Steininger, E.H.
Architect	Gibbs & Sanders
Part of	Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District (ID08000438)
NRHP reference No.	78000601 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 14, 1978
Designated CP	May 20, 2008

Union Station is a former railroad station at East 4th Ave. and State St. in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. The station was originally at the union of the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain railroads, ^[2] and now houses the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Society museum. It is a single-story brick building, with a hip roof whose long eaves are supported by iron columns and half-truss brackets. The station was built in 1906 by the Iron Mountain Railroad. It had been a stop on the St. Louis Southwestern's Lone Star (Memphis-Dallas), and also on the railway's St. Louis-Dallas trains. ^[3] Ownership reverted to the city in 1955. ^[4]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

Preceding station	Missouri Pacific Railroad			Following station
Farrell toward Little Rock		Little Rock  – New Orleans		Noble Lake toward New Orleans
Preceding station	St. Louis Southwestern Railway			Following station
Rison toward Gatesville		Main Line		Rob Roy toward St. Louis

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "UNION STATION, PINE BLUFF, JEFFERSON COUNTY: ELABORATION". Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 88 (4). National Railway Publication Company. September 1955.
4. "NRHP nomination for Union Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 13, 2015.

External links

• Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Society Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine