Parsons station explained

Western Maryland Depot
Coordinates:39.0956°N -79.6806°W
Built:1888
Architecture:Stick/Eastlake
Added:May 2, 1996
Refnum:96000444

Parsons station is a historic railroad depot located at Parsons, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built by the Western Maryland Railroad in 1888, and is a one-story frame building in the Eastlake movement / Stick Style. It is a simple rectangle measuring 70 feet long and 24 feet wide, with a 12 foot wide, three-sided bay. It features German siding and a batten seam gable roof.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Western Maryland Depot.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Western Maryland Depot. October 1995. 2011-07-09 . Jean Boger and Michael Gioulis. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.