Parsons station

Western Maryland Depot
North and east sides, July 2014
Location 166 1/2 Main St., Parsons, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°5′44″N 79°40′50″W / 39.09556°N 79.68056°W / 39.09556; -79.68056Coordinates: 39°5′44″N 79°40′50″W / 39.09556°N 79.68056°W / 39.09556; -79.68056
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1888
Architect unknown
Architectural style Stick/Eastlake
NRHP reference #

96000444

[1]
Added to NRHP May 2, 1996

Parsons station 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 as the Western Maryland Depot.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Jean Boger and Michael Gioulis (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Western Maryland Depot" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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