Kansas City-Southern Depot (Decatur, Arkansas)

Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur
Location AR 59, Decatur, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°WCoordinates: 36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1920
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
Governing body Private
MPS Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 92000606[1]
Added to NRHP June 11, 1992

The Kansas City-Southern Depot is a historic railroad station at Arkansas Highway 59 and West North Street in Decatur, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with Craftsman-style brackets and two fisheye dormers, and a cross-gable projecting telegrapher's bay decorated with fish-scale wood shingles. It was built c. 1920 by the Kansas City Southern Railway.[2]

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Kansas City-Southern Depot". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-15.