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Lake Waccamaw Depot

Coordinates: 34°19′16″N 78°31′49″W / 34.32111°N 78.53028°W / 34.32111; -78.53028
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Lake Waccamaw Depot
Lake Waccamaw Depot is located in North Carolina
Lake Waccamaw Depot
Lake Waccamaw Depot is located in the United States
Lake Waccamaw Depot
LocationFlemington Ave., Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina
Coordinates34°19′16″N 78°31′49″W / 34.32111°N 78.53028°W / 34.32111; -78.53028
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1900 (1900)
Architect/builderHerbert Smith
Architectural styleStick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.83001842[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1983

Lake Waccamaw Depot is a historic train station located at Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina It was built about 1900 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is a one-story, Stick Style frame building with board-and-batten siding. It features shaped eave brackets, gable braces, and a long low slate covered gabled roof. The building was moved to its present location in 1974. Also on the property is the contributing a rectangular board-and-batten covered Section House.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

The depot is now operated as the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum, with displays of local history and natural history.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (April 1983). "Lake Waccamaw Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Hallsboro
toward Columbia
Columbia – Wilmington Bolton
toward Wilmington