Burgaw Depot Explained

Burgaw Depot
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:102 E. Fremont, Burgaw, North Carolina
Coordinates:34.55°N -77.9286°W
Built:c., 1898, 1916-1917
Builder:Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Added:July 24, 1986
Refnum:86001910

Burgaw Depot is a historic train station located at Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, with a later 1898 T-shaped addition of passenger waiting rooms and offices and a 1916-1917 addition of freight and warehouse space. It is a long one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in a combination of lap and board and batten siding, and resting on cement, brick and wooden foundations. It is one of only two known surviving antebellum depots in North Carolina; the other is located at Selma, North Carolina.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the Burgaw Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fred H. Walker . Virginia Oswald . Wilson Angley . amp . Burgaw Depot . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1985. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.