Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)

Southern Railway Passenger Depot

Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012
Location 1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W / 35.56750; -82.54278Coordinates: 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W / 35.56750; -82.54278
Area less than one acre
Built 1896 (1896)
Architect Hunt, Richard Morris
MPS Biltmore Village MRA
NRHP Reference # 79001684[1]
Added to NRHP November 15, 1979

Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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