South Carolina Western Railway Station

South Carolina Western Railway Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	129 Russell St., Darlington, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°18′13″N 79°52′8″W / 34.30361°N 79.86889°WCoordinates: 34°18′13″N 79°52′8″W / 34.30361°N 79.86889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911
Built by	Reese, Lawrence
MPS	City of Darlington MRA
NRHP Reference #	88000040[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 1988

South Carolina Western Railway Station, also known as the Seaboard Airline Railway Station, is a historic train station located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911 by the South Carolina Western Railway, and is a rectangular, brick building with projecting rectangular bays at the center of two sides. The hipped roof features a bell-cast profile, red clay tile, wide bracketed eaves, and intersecting gables. Each gable conains a Palladian window. Lawrence Reese, an African-American master carpenter who had constructed many houses in Darlington, built the station.^[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. unknown (n.d.). "South Carolina Western Railway Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
3. "South Carolina Western Railway Station, Darlington County (129 Russell St., Darlington)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.