Burlington station (Southern Railway) explained

Southern Railway Passenger Station
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Main and Webb Sts., Burlington, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.0939°N -79.4367°W
Builder:North Carolina Railroad Company
Architecture:Late Victorian, Victorian Tudor
Added:May 23, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80002800

Southern Railway Passenger Station is a historic train station located at Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1892 by the North Carolina Railroad, and is a rectangular, one story red brick and wood building in a Victorian Tudor style. It features a hipped roof with flared eaves, decorative brackets, and an octagonal tower and two triangular dormers.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in the Downtown Burlington Historic District.

Current Amtrak Piedmont service passenger trains stop at a modern station nearby.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barry Jacobs and Jerry L. Cross . Southern Railway Passenger Station. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1979. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.