Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot

United States historic place


Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Depot as it is now as the city's visitor center.
35°52′56″N 80°5′2″W / 35.88222°N 80.08389°W / 35.88222; -80.08389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1870 (1870)-1871
Architectural style	Victorian
NRHP reference No.	81000423^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 9, 1981

The Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. It is one of the oldest remaining frame depots in the state, built between 1870 and 1871. The board-and-batten building features Victorian sawnwork detailing. Until 1912, it served as a passenger train station with the Richmond and Danville Railroad and later the Southern Railway. Due to the increase in passenger rail travel, a new brick depot was built. This depot was then moved to the north side of the tracks and served as a freight agent's office. The Southern Railway eventually gave the structure to the town. The Thomasville Historical Society raised $5,000 for its restoration in 1969.^[2] Another restoration was completed in the late 1990s. In July 2000, the Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot became the home of the Thomasville Visitors' Center.^[3]^[4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Drucilla G. Haley and Joe Mobley (April 1981). "Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
^ Thomasville Visitors' Center
^ "Historical Sites". Visit Davidson County. Retrieved 5 December 2014.