Southern_Railway_Passenger_Depot_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)

Asheville station

Asheville station

United States historic place

Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

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The station replaced a smaller building that preceded Cornelius Vanderbilt's purchase of land to comprise the Biltmore Estate. [3]

The Southern Railway Depot on Depot St. in Asheville was closed in 1968 due to costs and was demolished in early 1969. [4] After this the Biltmore station served as Asheville's station until passenger train service was discontinued in early August of 1975. [5] The station now houses a restaurant.[6] If passenger service to Asheville is restored, a new station will be built.[7]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. [3]
    "Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Biltmore Depot)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. [4]
    https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/02/05/portrait-past-southern-railway-passenger-station/22925973/
  5. [5]
    "Asheville Special". American Rails. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. [6]
    "Our Story". Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. [7]
    "Historic Biltmore Village to Get New Train Station Behind the Old Depot". asheville.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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