Leesville station
Kansas City Southern Depot | |
| Location | Leesville, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°08′09″N 93°15′43″W / 31.13583°N 93.26194°W |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000080[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 1984 |
The Kansas City Southern Depot, now the Museum of West Louisiana, is a former railway station in Leesville, Louisiana. It was built by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1916.[2] It served as a combination of passenger station, freight station, and crew change point.[3] The station was a busy shipping point during the Vernon Parish lumber boom in the early part of the 1900s. A local KCS train served the station into the 1960s.[4]
The building was donated to Vernon Parish on May 20, 1982.[5] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1984. It was converted into a museum.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
- ^ "Leesville". The Shreveport Journal. April 11, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carter, Thad Hillis (2009). Kansas City Southern Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 9780738560014.
- ^ Passenger Train Information Folder (PDF). Kansas City Southern Lines. June 1, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Leesville Depot Work Hampered". The Town Talk. March 3, 1984. p. 5. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
| Preceding station | Kansas City Southern Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeville toward Kansas City
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Main Line | Pickering toward Port Arthur
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External links
Media related to Kansas City Southern depot (Leesville, Louisiana) at Wikimedia Commons