Cambria Freight Station Explained

Cambria Freight Station
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 16, 1985[1]
Designated Other1 Number:154-0048-0001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:630 Depot St., Christiansburg, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1411°N -80.4042°W
Built:c. -1869
Architecture:Italianate
Added:December 12, 1985
Refnum:85003351

Cambria Freight Station, also known as Christiansburg Depot, is a historic freight station located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, US. It was built in 1868–1869, and is a wood-framed, one-story, U-shaped structure with a shallow hipped roof and deeply overhanging eaves in the Italianate style. A portion of the center section rises to form a tower-like second-story room, covered with an even shallower hipped roof. A long, one-story freight section extending eastward from the rear. The building also served as a passenger station, until Christiansburg station was built nearby in 1906.[2] The building houses a local history museum known as the Cambria Depot Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Cambria Historic District.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cambria Freight Station . Gibson Worsham and Charlotte Worsham. January 1985. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo