South Carolina Western Railway Station (Darlington, South Carolina)
Appearance
South Carolina Western Railway Station | |
Location | 129 Russell St., Darlington, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°18′13″N 79°52′8″W / 34.30361°N 79.86889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1911 |
Built by | Reese, Lawrence |
MPS | City of Darlington MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 88000040[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 10, 1988 |
South Carolina Western Railway Station, also known as the Seaboard Airline Railway Station, is a historic train station located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911 by the South Carolina Western Railway and is a rectangular brick building with projecting rectangular bays at the center of two sides. The hipped roof features a bell-cast profile, red clay tile, wide bracketed eaves, and intersecting gables. Each gable contains a Palladian window. Lawrence Reese, an African-American master carpenter who had constructed many houses in Darlington, built the station.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "South Carolina Western Railway Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "South Carolina Western Railway Station, Darlington County (129 Russell St., Darlington)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Preceding station | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Following station | ||
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Hartsville toward McBee
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Hartsville Subdivision | Florence toward Poston
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Categories:
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1911
- National Register of Historic Places in Darlington County, South Carolina
- Darlington, South Carolina
- Former Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations
- Pee Dee South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- South Carolina building and structure stubs
- South Carolina transportation stubs