Salisbury station (North Carolina) explained

Salisbury, NC
Style:Amtrak
Address:215 Depot Street
Borough:Salisbury, North Carolina
Country:United States
Coordinates:35.6673°N -80.4662°W
Line:NCRR Corridor
Charlotte District
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Structure:At-grade
Parking:26 spaces
Opened:1908
Rebuilt:1993-1996, 1999
Status:Unstaffed; attendant available
Owned:Historic Salisbury Foundation
Original:Southern Railway
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Nrhp:
Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot
Embed:yes
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:E side of Depot St. between Kerr and Council Sts., Salisbury, North Carolina
Architect:Milburn, Frank P.
Architecture:Mission/spanish Revival
Added:July 30, 1975
Refnum:75001290

Salisbury station is an Amtrak station located in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is served by three passenger trains: the, the, and the . The street address is Depot and Liberty Streets, and is located in the Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District.

History

The station was constructed in 1908 by the Southern Railway and was designed by Frank P. Milburn in the Spanish Mission Style.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, but was nearly demolished until it was bought by the Historic Salisbury Foundation in 1984.[2] Renovations began in 1993 and were completed by 1996, although NCDOT gave the foundation extra funding in 1999 to enlarge the waiting room.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Topkins and Mary Alice Hinson. Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1975 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-02-01.
  2. http://www.bytrain.org/istation/isalisbury.html Salisbury Station (NCDOT Rail)
  3. http://www.historicsalisbury.org/depotrental.htm Salisbury Station (Historic Salisbury Foundation)