Purcellville Train Station

Purcellville Train Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Purcellville Train Station, August 2008
Location	200 N 21st St, Purcellville, Virginia
Coordinates	39°8′24″N 77°42′57″W / 39.14000°N 77.71583°WCoordinates: 39°8′24″N 77°42′57″W / 39.14000°N 77.71583°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1904
Architectural style	board and batten vernacular
NRHP Reference #	10000307[1]
VLR #	286-5001-0233
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 28, 2010
Designated VLR	March 18, 2010[2]

Purcellville Train Station is a historic railway station located at Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia adjacent Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail.^[3] The Southern Railway constructed the station in 1904. The station is a one-story, rectangular frame building with a hipped roof and deeply overhanging eaves supported by triangular knee braces. It was a station on the Washington and Old Dominion Railway and later, the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad from 1912 until the line closed in 1968, with passenger service ceasing in 1951.^[4]

The Purcellville Preservation Association restored the station in 2002.^[5] The town of Purcellville maintains the station as a public meeting facility, museum, and public restrooms, under the purview of the town's Train Station Steering & Oversight Committee.^[6] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 2010.^[7]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. "Purcellville Station". HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2013-07-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. Kalbian, Maral S; Peters, Margaret T. (2009-11-20). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service): Purcellville Train Station" (PDF). Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2010-09-14. External link in |publisher= (help) and Accompanying five photos
5. "History of the Purcellville Preservation Association". Purcellville Preservation Association. Ashley Cyber Services. Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-07-30. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
6. "Train Station Steering & Oversight Committee". Town of Purcellville, Virginia. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2013-07-30. External link in |publisher= (help)
7. Director, National Park Service (2010-06-04). "Weekly list of actions taken on properties for the National Register of Historic Places: 5/24/10 through 5/28/10". U.S. Department of the Interior: National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-09-14. External link in |publisher= (help)