Rural Retreat Depot
Rural Retreat Depot is located in Virginia
Rural Retreat Depot
Rural Retreat Depot is located in the United States
Rural Retreat Depot
Location105 Railroad Ave.
Rural Retreat, Virginia
Coordinates36°53′38″N 81°16′35″W / 36.89389°N 81.27639°W / 36.89389; -81.27639
Arealess than one acre
Built1870 (1870)
NRHP reference No.14000531[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 2014

The Rural Retreat Depot is a historic railroad station at 105 Railroad Avenue in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Built c. 1870, it is one of the oldest railroad stations in Southwest Virginia, and one of only two to survive from the Reconstruction Era. Its distinctive Italianate features include a pair of square towers, and wide shallow eaves with paired brackets.[2]

The depot features in a number of photographs and audio recordings by O. Winston Link.

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Rural Retreat Depot" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2014-09-06.


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