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Charleston station (Missouri)

Coordinates: 36°55′22″N 89°21′28″W / 36.92278°N 89.35778°W / 36.92278; -89.35778
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Missouri Pacific Depot
Missouri Pacific Depot, April 2013
Charleston station (Missouri) is located in Missouri
Charleston station (Missouri)
Charleston station (Missouri) is located in the United States
Charleston station (Missouri)
LocationE of intersecting branches of Missouri Pacific RR., Charleston, Missouri
Coordinates36°55′22″N 89°21′28″W / 36.92278°N 89.35778°W / 36.92278; -89.35778
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1916 (1916)-1917
ArchitectMissouri Pacific Railroad
NRHP reference No.72000722[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 1972

Missouri Pacific Depot is a historic train station located at Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. It was built in 1916-1917 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with white, smooth-cut limestone wainscotting. The building measures 24 by 149 feet (7.3 m × 45.4 m). It had a red tile hipped roof with a seven foot wide overhang.[2]: 2, 6,  

Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station
Blodgett
toward Bismarck
Bismarck – Charleston Terminus
Bertrand Poplar Bluff – Charleston

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M. Patricia Holmes (November 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri Pacific Depot" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 5 photographs from 1971)