Decatur station (Arkansas) explained

Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur
Coordinates:36.3353°N -94.4608°W
Architect:Kansas City-Southern Railroad
Architecture:Bungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
Added:June 11, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92000606

The Kansas City-Southern Depot is a historic railroad station at Arkansas Highway 59 and West North Street in Decatur, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with Craftsman-style brackets and two fisheye dormers, and a cross-gable projecting telegrapher's bay decorated with fish-scale wood shingles. It was built c. 1920 by the Kansas City Southern Railway.[1]

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Kansas City-Southern Depot. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-02-15.