Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot | |
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot, May 2006 | |
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Location | 148 Maxwell St., Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°3′8″N 78°52′56″W / 35.05222°N 78.88222°WCoordinates: 35°3′8″N 78°52′56″W / 35.05222°N 78.88222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1890 |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
MPS | Fayetteville MRA |
NRHP Reference # | 83001846[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 7, 1983 |
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1890 by the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway, and is a two-story brick passenger depot with a deep hip roof in the Romanesque Revival style. The seven bay by two bay building features a rounded brick arch arcade. It operated as a passenger station until about 1900, after which it housed commercial enterprises.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Fayetteville Area Transportation Museum
The building now houses the Fayetteville Area Transportation Museum, with displays about area transportation and local history, including a model train room and a recreated station agent’s office. The adjacent annex building includes vintage cars, a recreated 1920s gas station, a steam pump engine, exhibits on local law enforcement and fire department, farms life, Fort Bragg and Pope Army Air Field.
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Linda Jasperse (March 1982). "Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
External links
- Fayetteville Area Transportation Museum - Fayetteville-Cumberland County Parks & Recreation