St. Albans station (West Virginia)
Appearance
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St. Albans Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot | |
![]() Saint Albans Depot in 2016 | |
Location in West Virginia | |
Location | 410 4th Ave., St. Albans, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°23′16.5″N 81°49′59″W / 38.387917°N 81.83306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1906 |
Built by | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
Architectural style | Vernacular |
NRHP reference No. | 97000785[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 9, 1997 |
St. Albans Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, also known as St. Albans Depot, is a historic railroad depot located at St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1906 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. It has a 1 1/2 story central block with one story wings and a hipped roof. It originally had a square watch tower. The frame building is clad in clapboard siding. The station closed about 1963 and remained vacant until the city purchased the land from CSX Transportation in 1991 and CSX donated the station.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
Passenger services
[edit]Preceding station | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | Following station | ||
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Hurricane toward Cincinnati
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Main Line | Spring Hill toward Washington, D.C. or Old Point Comfort
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Katherine M. Jourdan with Vera Ellis (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Albans Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ "Fast Flying Virginian (F.F.V.)". American Rails. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "The Sportsman". American Rails. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
Categories:
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906
- Buildings and structures in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stations
- St. Albans, West Virginia
- Former railway stations in West Virginia
- Kanawha County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs
- West Virginia transportation stubs