Charleston station (Missouri)

Missouri Pacific Depot
Missouri Pacific Depot, April 2013
LocationE of intersecting branches of Missouri Pacific RR., Charleston, Missouri
Coordinates36°55′22″N 89°21′28″W / 36.92278°N 89.35778°W / 36.92278; -89.35778
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1916 (1916)–1917
ArchitectMissouri Pacific Railroad
NRHP reference No.72000722[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 1972

Missouri Pacific Depot is a historic train station located at Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. It was built in 1916–1917 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with white, smooth-cut limestone wainscotting. The building measures 24 by 149 feet (7.3 m × 45.4 m). It had a red tile hipped roof with a seven foot wide overhang.[2]: 2, 6,  

Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Blodgett
toward Bismarck
Bismarck – Charleston Terminus
Bertrand Poplar Bluff – Charleston

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M. Patricia Holmes (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri Pacific Depot" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 5 photographs from 1971)