Ashville station

Ashville Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Madison and Cromley Sts., Ashville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°42′54″N 82°57′20″W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1876
NRHP reference No.	80003209[1]
Added to NRHP	February 25, 1980

The Ashville Depot is a small former train station in the village of Ashville in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. A simple weatherboaded building that was constructed in 1876,[2] it was once the commercial center of the area.[3]

Ashville was a railroad town that was founded at the intersection of a railroad line and a leading rural road. As the connecting point between the two modes of transportation, its train station was a central part of the life of the village and of the surrounding Harrison Township. In 1876, the short-lived Scioto Valley Railway erected a new station in Ashville; its construction helped to make the newly founded village the most important community in northern Pickaway County.[3]

After a century of use, the depot was closed in 1976. Railroad officials planned its destruction, but local residents formed a historic preservation organization to save it; accordingly, it was relocated and placed on concrete blocks.[3] The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980,[1] qualifying because of its historic architecture and its important place in local history;[2] among the reasons it qualified was its status as the only extant train station built by the Scioto Valley Railway.[3] Such a designation is unusual, for buildings that have been moved from their original locations are not normally eligible for inclusion on the National Register.[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Ashville Depot, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-09-18.
3. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1141.
4. National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Park Service. Accessed 2010-09-18.

Preceding station	Norfolk and Western Railway			Following station
Circleville toward Portsmouth		Portsmouth – Columbus		Duvall toward Columbus