Westminster station (South Carolina) explained

Southern Railway Passenger Station
Location:129 Main St.
Westminster, South Carolina
Coordinates:34.6658°N -83.0963°W
Built:ca. 1885
Added:November 7, 1976
Refnum:76001707

Southern Railway Passenger Station is railway passenger depot built ca. 1885 in Westminster, South Carolina.[1] [2] [3] It is one of the oldest buildings in the community.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History

The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, a predecessor of the Southern Railway, was built in the early 1870s and Westminster was built along the railroad tracks. The station is believed to have been built about 1885. It has a rectangular plan with dimensions of 96feetx40feetft (xft). It has a deep hip roof. Built of wood, it was covered with asbestos siding in around 1940. It had two waiting rooms, an office, and a baggage room. It ceased being used as a passenger depot in 1969 when passenger service to the city was suspended.

It was converted into community uses such as a meeting room and a community health center. In 2006, it suffered damage in a fire. The station was rebuilt.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McNulty . Katharine N . Mrs. E.D. Breazeale . Southern Railway Passenger Station . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 30, 1976 . 28 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Southern Railway Passenger Station, Oconee County (129 Main St., Westminster) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 28 July 2012.
  3. Book: Aheron, Piper Peters . Oconee County . Arcadia Publishers . 1998 . Charleston, South Carolina . 51 . 0-7385-6870-8 .