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Shreveport Central Railroad Station

Coordinates: 32°30′32″N 93°44′43″W / 32.50878°N 93.74526°W / 32.50878; -93.74526
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Central Railroad Station
Shreveport Central Railroad Station is located in Shreveport Downtown
Shreveport Central Railroad Station
Location1025 Marshall Street, Shreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates32°30′32″N 93°44′43″W / 32.50878°N 93.74526°W / 32.50878; -93.74526
Area1.25 acres (0.51 ha)
Built1910
ArchitectLouisiana and Arkansas Railroad
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
Part ofShreveport Commercial Historic District (ID82002760)
NRHP reference No.91000622[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1991
Designated CPApril 29, 2015

Shreveport Central Station is a historic train station in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was built in 1910 by the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, a railroad that was eventually acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railway. (However, the KCS used Union Station ever since 1909.) By the opening of the 1940s the L&A and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway or 'Cotton Belt' moved its passenger operations from Central Station to Shreveport Union Station.[2][3]

Historical recognition

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The building, along with an adjoining small freight depot shortly north of it, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Central Railroad Station.[1][4] The building also became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District when its boundaries were increased on April 29, 2015.[5]

The former station currently survives as a gay bar and dance club.[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cox, Jim. Rails Across Dixie, McFarland and Company, Inc., 2011, p. 342-43 ISBN 9781476666013.
  3. ^ "Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. 74 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1941.
  4. ^ National Register Staff (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Central Railroad Station". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2018. With seven photos from 1991.
  5. ^ "Shreveport Commercial Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Central Station (Yelp.com)
  7. ^ Central Station Shreveport (ClubFly.com)
Preceding station St. Louis Southwestern Railway Following station
Terminus ShreveportLewisville
until 1940
Brownlee
toward Lewisville