Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)

Southern Railway Passenger Depot
Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012
Location 1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W / 35.56750; -82.54278Coordinates: 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W / 35.56750; -82.54278
Area less than one acre
Built 1896 (1896)
Architect Hunt, Richard Morris
MPS Biltmore Village MRA
NRHP reference # 79001684[1]
Added to NRHP November 15, 1979

Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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