Cambria Freight Station

Cambria Freight Station
Cambria Freight Station, September 2013
Location630 Depot St., Christiansburg, Virginia
Coordinates37°8′28″N 80°24′15″W / 37.14111°N 80.40417°W / 37.14111; -80.40417
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1868 (1868)-1869
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.85003351[1]
VLR No.154-0048-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1985
Designated VLRApril 16, 1985[2]

Cambria Freight Station, also known as Christiansburg Depot, is a historic freight station located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, US. It was built in 1868–1869, and is a wood-framed, one-story, U-shaped structure with a shallow hipped roof and deeply overhanging eaves in the Italianate style. A portion of the center section rises to form a tower-like second-story room, covered with an even shallower hipped roof. A long, one-story freight section extending eastward from the rear. The building also served as a passenger station, until Christiansburg station was built nearby in 1906.[3] The building houses a local history museum known as the Cambria Depot Museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] It is located in the Cambria Historic District.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Gibson Worsham and Charlotte Worsham (January 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cambria Freight Station" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo