Railroad House

United States historic place


Railroad House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Railroad House, March 2007
35°28′50″N 79°10′39″W / 35.48056°N 79.17750°W / 35.48056; -79.17750
Area	1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built	1872 (1872)
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP reference No.	73001355^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 29, 1973

Railroad House is a historic home located at Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina. It was built in 1872, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, board-and-batten, Gothic Revival style frame cottage. The gable roof has wide overhanging eaves and "rafter brackets." It has a one-story rear wing, a single central interior chimney in the main block, and an exterior end chimney at the rear of the wing. It was built by the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad for the depot agent. The house was moved to its present site in October 1962, across the street from its original location. The building is operated by the Railroad House Historical Association as a museum.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1] It is located in the Downtown Sanford Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (May 1973). "Railroad House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.