Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina) Explained

Depot Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:35.6811°N -82.0106°W
Built:c. -1935
Architecture:Chicago, Commercial Style
Added:March 28, 1991
Refnum:91000293

Depot Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings associated with the Southern Railway depot at Marion. The buildings date from about 1894 to about 1935. They are a commercial building (c. 1913), four-story former Buffaloe Building (c. 1908), commercial building (1911), Laughridge FurnitureCompany Building (c. 1894), and freight depot (c. 1935).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sybil Argintar Bowers. Depot Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . August 1990 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.