Southern Railway Passenger Depot | |
Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012 | |
Location | 1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 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]