Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)

Depot Historic District
Location SE end Depot St., bounded on S by Southern RR tracks, and 111 Railroad St. S of tracks, Marion, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°40′52″N 82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056Coordinates: 35°40′52″N 82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056
Area 2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built c. 1894 (1894)-1935
Architectural style Chicago, Commercial Style
MPS Downtown Marion MPS
NRHP Reference # 91000293[1]
Added to NRHP March 28, 1991

Depot Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings associated with the Southern Railway depot at Marion. The buildings date from about 1894 to about 1935. They are a commercial building (c. 1913), four-story former Buffaloe Building (c. 1908), commercial building (1911), Laughridge Furniture Company Building (c. 1894), and freight depot (c. 1935).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sybil Argintar Bowers (August 1990). "Depot Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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