Charleston station (West Virginia)

Charleston
Amtrak station
Charleston Amtrak Station in April 2009.
Location	350 MacCorkle Avenue SE Charleston, WV 25314
Coordinates	38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°W
Owned by	General Corporation
Line(s)	Cardinal
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	KRT
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	CHW
History
Opened	1905
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	10,038[1]  2.4%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Huntington toward Chicago Cardinal Montgomery toward New York City
Chesapeake and Ohio Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	350 MacCorkle Avenue SE, Charleston, West Virginia  United States
Coordinates	38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°WCoordinates: 38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	J.C. & A.L. Pennock
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Beaux Arts
MPS	South Hills MRA
NRHP Reference #	84000782[2]
Added to NRHP	October 26, 1984

Charleston is an Amtrak station in Charleston, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station was originally owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. In September 2010, the station was purchased by General Corporation, a commercial real estate company based in Charleston. The station is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, opposite downtown Charleston which lies on the north bank. Much of the station's outdoor space is covered by the South Side Bridge which allows both vehicular and pedestrian traffic to access the downtown areas. A fine dining establishment, Laury's Restaurant, occupies much of the station's interior.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area.^[2] It is a two-story, brick and stone structure in the Neo-Classical Revival style. The facade features a shallow pavilion of paired Roman Doric columns facing the Kanawha River. It also has a low hipped, tile-covered roof with bracketed deep eaves.^[3]

References

1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Chesapeake and Ohio Depot. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.

External links

• National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form

• Amtrak – Stations – Charleston, WV
• Charleston Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
• General Corporation
• Laury's Restaurant
• Charleston, WV (CHW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)