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Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 35°40′52″N 82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056
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Depot Historic District
Depot from east
Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)
Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Depot Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)
LocationSoutheastern end of Depot St., bounded on the south by the Southern railroad tracks, and 111 Railroad St., south of the tracks, in Marion, North Carolina
Coordinates35°40′52″N 82°0′38″W / 35.68111°N 82.01056°W / 35.68111; -82.01056
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Builtc. 1894 (1894)-1935
Architectural styleChicago, Commercial Style
MPSDowntown Marion MPS
NRHP reference No.91000293[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1991

Depot Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings associated with the Southern Railway depot at Marion. The buildings date from about 1894 to about 1935. They are a commercial building (c. 1913), four-story former Buffaloe Building (c. 1908), commercial building (1911), Laughridge Furniture Company Building (c. 1894), and freight depot (c. 1935).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[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. ^ Sybil Argintar Bowers (August 1990). "Depot Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.