Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden

The former Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot in Camden, Arkansas, is located at the southwest corner of Main and First Streets in the city's business district. It is a single-story brick building with Mediterranean Revival styling built c. 1917 during a major expansion of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. ("The Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company incorporated and absorbed the Iron Mountain system, and for many years thereafter "Mo-Pac" was the largest and most important railroad in the state."[2])

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden
Location in Arkansas
Location in United States
LocationSW corner of Main and First Sts., Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates33°34′56″N 92°49′40″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Built byMissouri-Pacific Railroad
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
MPSHistoric Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.92000605[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1992

The building was used as both a passenger and freight depot.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992,[1] at which time it was vacant.[3]

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Baker, William D. Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas, 1870-1940. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-16.


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