Rural Hall Depot is a historic train station located at Rural Hall, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1888 for the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway. It is a one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in German siding. It measures 23 feet wide and 78 feet long. The interior consists of waiting rooms for white and "colored" passengers and a station master's office. Passenger service ceased in 1955, but the depot continued to provide services and facilities to freight trains until its closing in 1980. The building was moved to its present site in March 1980, and serves as a local railroad museum.[2]
Rural Hall Depot | |
 Rural Hall Depot, August 2013 | |
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| Location | Depot St. (SR 1646), Rural Hall, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°14′36″N 80°17′51″W / 36.24333°N 80.29750°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1888 |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001881[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 21, 1983 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Davyd Foard Hood; D. J. Redding, Jr. & Wilson Angley (n.d.). "Rural Hall Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
| Preceding station | Atlantic Coast Line Railroad | Following station | ||
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| King toward Mount Airy
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Sanford Branch | Germanton toward Wilmington
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External links
edit- Rural Hall Historic Train Depot - Facebook site