Burgaw Depot

Burgaw Depot is a historic train station located at Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, with a later 1898 "T"-shaped addition of passenger waiting rooms and offices and a 1916-1917 addition of freight and warehouse space. It is a long one-story rectangular frame building sheathed in a combination of lap and board and batten siding, and resting on cement, brick and wooden foundations. It is one of only two known surviving antebellum depots in North Carolina; the other is located at Selma, North Carolina.[2]

Burgaw Depot
Burgaw Depot is located in North Carolina
Burgaw Depot
Burgaw Depot is located in the United States
Burgaw Depot
Location102 E. Fremont, Burgaw, North Carolina
Coordinates34°33′0″N 77°55′43″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850), 1898, 1916-1917
Built byWilmington & Weldon Railroad
NRHP reference No.86001910[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1986

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is located in the Burgaw Historic District.

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Fred H. Walker; Virginia Oswald & Wilson Angley (August 1985). "Burgaw Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Watha
toward Wilson
Wilson – Wilmington Ashton
toward Wilmington


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