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Keysville Railroad Station

Coordinates: 37°2′23″N 78°29′6″W / 37.03972°N 78.48500°W / 37.03972; -78.48500
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Keysville Railroad Station
Keysville Railroad Station is located in Virginia
Keysville Railroad Station
Keysville Railroad Station is located in the United States
Keysville Railroad Station
LocationRailroad Ave., Keysville, Virginia
Coordinates37°2′23″N 78°29′6″W / 37.03972°N 78.48500°W / 37.03972; -78.48500
Arealess than one acre
Built1890 (1890)
NRHP reference No.08001050[1]
VLR No.248-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 2008
Designated VLRSeptember 18, 2008[2]

Keysville Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was built by the Richmond and Danville Railroad in stages between 1890 and 1900, and is a one-story, vernacular frame railroad building. It contains offices and segregated waiting rooms at the north end and a large freight area extending to the south with docks on three sides. It remained in use as a passenger station until 1956. The Keysville Railroad Station appeared as the stations in Eastport, Maine, and in Warm Springs, Georgia, in the filming of Eleanor and Franklin, a television film about the Roosevelts that would earn 11 Emmy awards (1976).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Alison S. Blanton and P.K. Pettus (July 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keysville Railroad Station" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying photos
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
Drake's Branch
toward Danville
DanvilleRichmond Meherrin
Ontario East Durham – Keysville Terminus