Burgaw Depot

Burgaw Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property

Location	102 E. Fremont, Burgaw, North Carolina
Coordinates	34°33′0″N 77°55′43″W / 34.55000°N 77.92861°W / 34.55000; -77.92861Coordinates: 34°33′0″N 77°55′43″W / 34.55000°N 77.92861°W / 34.55000; -77.92861
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1850 (1850), 1898, 1916-1917
Built by	Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
NRHP Reference #	86001910^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 24, 1986

Burgaw Depot is a historic train station located at Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, with a later 1898 "T"-shaped addition of passenger waiting rooms and offices and a 1916-1917 addition of freight and warehouse space. It is a long one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in a combination of lap and board and batten siding, and resting on cement, brick and wooden foundations. It is one of only two known surviving antebellum depots in North Carolina; the other is located at Selma, North Carolina.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1] It is located in the Burgaw Historic District.

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Fred H. Walker, Virginia Oswald, and Wilson Angley (August 1985). "Burgaw Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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