Cowpens Depot Explained

Cowpens Depot
Location:120 Palmetto St., Cowpens, South Carolina
Coordinates:35.0156°N -81.8028°W
Builder:Southern Railway Company
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Added:September 4, 1997
Refnum:97001104

Cowpens Depot, also known as Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center, is a historic train station located at Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896 by the Southern Railway. It is a one-story, rectangular frame building painted gray, with a gable roof and freight loading platform. The depot closed in 1967.

In 1982 the Town of Cowpens moved it from railroad property one block to its present location. The town has an historic railroad car on display by the depot.[1] [2] The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linda Drurybury Taylor and Wilhelmina S. Drurybury. Cowpens Depot . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1996 . pdf . 2014-07-01.
  2. Web site: Cowpens Depot, Spartanburg County (120 Palmetto St., Cowpens). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-07-01.