Elizabeth City station explained

Norfolk Southern Passenger Station
Coordinates:36.3025°N -76.2383°W
Builder:Norfolk Southern RR
Architecture:Mission/spanish Revival
Added:February 25, 1994
Refnum:94000080

Norfolk Southern Passenger Station is a historic train station located at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was built in 1914 by the Norfolk Southern Railway, and is a long one-story brick building with eclectic Mission Revival style design elements. It measures 98 feet by 36 feet, with a small projecting control booth. It is topped by a tall hipped roof sheathed in clay tile. Passenger service at Elizabeth City ceased in early 1948, and the building subsequently housed a variety of commercial businesses.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Butchko. Norfolk Southern Passenger Station. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . September 1993. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.