Coordinates: 36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°W / 36.33528; -94.46083

Decatur station (Arkansas)

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Kansas City-Southern Depot-Decatur
File:Decatur Train Station in Decatur, Arkansas.jpg
LocationAR 59, Decatur, Arkansas
Coordinates36°20′7″N 94°27′39″W / 36.33528°N 94.46083°W / 36.33528; -94.46083
Arealess than one acre
Built1920 (1920)
ArchitectKansas City-Southern Railroad
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Plain Traditional
MPSHistoric Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.92000606[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1992

The Kansas City-Southern Depot is a historic railroad station at Arkansas Highway 59 and West North Street in Decatur, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story structure, built out of concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with Craftsman-style brackets and two fisheye dormers, and a cross-gable projecting telegrapher's bay decorated with fish-scale wood shingles. It was built c. 1920 by the Kansas City Southern Railway.[2] The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Kansas City-Southern Depot". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station
Gravette Main Line Gentry