Cowpens Depot
Appearance
Cowpens Depot | |
![]() Cowpens Depot, February 2012 | |
Location | 120 Palmetto St., Cowpens, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°0′56″N 81°48′10″W / 35.01556°N 81.80278°W |
Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1896 |
Built by | Southern Railway Company |
Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
NRHP reference No. | 97001104[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 4, 1997 |
Cowpens Depot, also known as Cowpens Depot Museum and Civic Center, is a historic train station located at Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896 by the Southern Railway. It is a one-story, rectangular frame building painted gray, with a gable roof and freight loading platform. The depot closed in 1967.
In 1982 the Town of Cowpens moved it from railroad property one block to its present location. The town has an historic railroad car on display by the depot.[2][3] The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Linda Drurybury Taylor and Wilhelmina S. Drurybury (August 1996). "Cowpens Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ "Cowpens Depot, Spartanburg County (120 Palmetto St., Cowpens)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
Preceding station | Southern Railway | Following station | ||
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Clifton, SC toward Birmingham
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Main Line | Thicketty toward Washington, D.C.
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External links
[edit]- Cowpens Depot & Museum - Town of Cowpens
Categories:
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1896
- National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- Museums in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- History museums in South Carolina
- Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations
- Former railway stations in South Carolina
- Upstate South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs