Asheville station

Southern Railway Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012
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Location	1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1896 (1896)
Architect	Hunt, Richard Morris
MPS	Biltmore Village MRA
NRHP reference No.	79001684[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1979

Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

The station replaced a smaller building that preceded Cornelius Vanderbilt's purchase of land to comprise the Biltmore Estate.[3]

The Southern Railway Depot on Depot St. in Asheville was closed in 1968 due to costs and was demolished in early 1969.[4] After this the Biltmore station served as Asheville's station until passenger train service was discontinued in early August of 1975.[5] The station now houses a restaurant.[6] If passenger service to Asheville is restored, a new station will be built.[7]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
3. "Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Biltmore Depot)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
4. "Portrait of the past: Southern Railway passenger station".
5. "Asheville Special". American Rails. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
6. "Our Story". Retrieved 2022-02-04.
7. "Historic Biltmore Village to Get New Train Station Behind the Old Depot". asheville.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.

Preceding station	Southern Railway			Following station
Asheville toward Morristown		Morristown – Norwood		Azalea toward Norwood
Asheville Terminus		Asheville – Columbia		Buena Vista toward Columbia