The Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station is a historic train station located in Luray, Virginia, United States. The Shenandoah Valley Railroad reached Luray in 1881 and constructed a station near where the present station is located. Shortly after the Norfolk and Western Railway absorbed the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1890, plans arose to construct a new station in Luray.[5] This station, which still stands, was constructed in 1906 and was designed by the railroad's Chief Engineer, Charles S. Churchill.[2] The structure was partially destroyed by fire in 1908 when it was struck by lightning; however, it was soon thereafter reconstructed according to the original design.[6] The station is a one-story brick structure featuring a hip roof. The building was converted to freight use around 1960[2] and was sold to the town of Luray by the Norfolk and Western's successor, the Norfolk Southern Railway, in 1999.[7]
Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station | |
 The station in 2007 | |
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| Location | Jct. Campbell St. and Norfolk Southern Railway, Luray, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°39′50″N 78°27′38″W / 38.66389°N 78.46056°W |
| Area | .7 acres (0.28 ha)[2] |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Charles S. Churchill |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Tudor Revival[3] |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001718[1] |
| VLR No. | 159-0024 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 27, 2000[1] |
| Designated VLR | December 1, 1999[4] |
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2000.[1] It is a contributing property in the Luray Downtown Historic District.[8]
The building was rehabilitated by the Town of Luray in 2009 and is currently home to the Page County Railway Museum, the Luray-Page County Visitor Center, and offices for the Luray Downtown Initiative and the Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce.
| Preceding station | Norfolk and Western Railway | Following station | ||
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| Grottoes toward Roanoke
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Hagerstown – Roanoke | Front Royal toward Hagerstown
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Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c National Register Information System
- ^ a b c Pezzoni 1999, section 7, p. 1.
- ^ Pezzoni 1999, p. 2.
- ^ Virginia Landmarks Register, p. 59.
- ^ Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 7.
- ^ Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 8.
- ^ Pezzoni 1999, section 8, p. 9.
- ^ Pezzoni and Giles 2002, pp.7–8.
References
edit- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04.
- Pezzoni, J. Daniel (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Luray Norfolk and Western Passenger Station" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- Pezzoni, J. Daniel & Leslie A. Giles (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Luray Downtown Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. pp. 7–8.
- "Virginia Landmarks Register" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
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