Western Maryland Depot (Parsons, West Virginia)

Western Maryland Depot
Location: 166 1/2 Main St., Parsons, West Virginia
Area: 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built: 1888
Architect: unknown
Architectural style: Stick/Eastlake
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

96000444

[1]
Added to NRHP: May 2, 1996

Western Maryland Depot 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 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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Jean Boger and Michael Gioulis (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Western Maryland Depot". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/tucker/96000444.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-09.