Baton Rouge station

Baton Rouge station is a historic train station located at 100 South River Road in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The building now houses the Louisiana Art and Science Museum.[2]

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot
Location100 South River Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°26′47″N 91°11′25″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1925
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Websitewww.lasm.org
NRHP reference No.94000463[1]
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1994

The two-story main block and the two one-story wings in Classical Revival style stand directly across the Old State Capitol building.[3][4][5]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1994 as the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot.[1]

Illinois Central's 333 steam engine at the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot

IC-333, a 0-6-0 steam engine formerly owned by the Charles Black Sand & Gravel Company of Fluker, LA, is on display just outside the building. Several passenger cars previously on display have been removed. As of 2011, IC-333 and its tender have been removed from the site as well.

See also

Footnotes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM". www.lasm.org. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  3. "Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot - Archiplanet". www.archiplanet.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-05-29.
  4. "Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018. with three photos and a map Archived 2018-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. National Register Staff (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved May 16, 2018. With 13 photos from 1993.
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
St. Gabriel
toward New Orleans
 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Main Line North Baton Rouge
toward Memphis
Terminus Baton Rouge – Hammond Baton Rouge Junction
toward Hammond


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