Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, North Carolina. It was designed by 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]
Southern Railway Passenger Depot | |
 Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012 | |
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| Location | 1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architect | Hunt, Richard Morris |
| MPS | Biltmore Village MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001684[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 1979 |
The station replaced a smaller building that preceded Cornelius Vanderbilt's purchase of land to comprise the Biltmore Estate. [3]
The Southern Railway Depot on Depot St. in Asheville was closed in 1968 due to costs and was demolished in early 1969. [4] After this the Biltmore station served as Asheville's station until passenger train service was discontinued in early August of 1975. [5] The station now houses a restaurant.[6] If passenger service to Asheville is restored, a new station will be built.[7]
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Biltmore Depot)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ "Portrait of the past: Southern Railway passenger station".
- ^ "Asheville Special". American Rails. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ "Our Story". Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ "Historic Biltmore Village to Get New Train Station Behind the Old Depot". asheville.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
| Preceding station | Southern Railway | Following station | ||
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| Asheville toward Morristown
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Morristown – Norwood | Azalea toward Norwood
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| Asheville Terminus
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Asheville – Columbia | Buena Vista toward Columbia
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