South Carolina Western Railway Station
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South Carolina Western Railway Station | |
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| 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°WCoordinates: 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 |
| Governing body | Private |
| MPS | City of Darlington MRA |
| NRHP Reference # | 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 conains 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ 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.
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