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Rowland Depot

Coordinates: 34°32′12″N 79°17′35″W / 34.53667°N 79.29306°W / 34.53667; -79.29306
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Rowland Depot
Rowland Depot, December 2014
Rowland Depot is located in North Carolina
Rowland Depot
Rowland Depot is located in the United States
Rowland Depot
LocationW. Main St. and W. Railroad St., Rowland, North Carolina
Coordinates34°32′12″N 79°17′35″W / 34.53667°N 79.29306°W / 34.53667; -79.29306
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.01000511[1]
Added to NRHPMay 18, 2001

Rowland Depot is a historic train station located at Rowland, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It is a one-story, "L"-plan, hip roofed brick structure in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. It rests on a poured concrete foundation and the roof has wide, sheltering overhangs on the hipped main block and the gable end freight wing supported by Craftsman style triangular wooden brackets.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Hamer
toward Tampa
Main Line Elrod
toward Richmond

References

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Media related to Rowland, North Carolina railroad depot at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Edward F. Turberg (January 2001). "Rowland Depot" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.