South Carolina Western Railway Station

South Carolina Western Railway Station, also known as the Seaboard Airline Railway Station, is a historic train station located at Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1911 by the South Carolina Western Railway and is a rectangular brick building with projecting rectangular bays at the center of two sides. The hipped roof features a bell-cast profile, red clay tile, wide bracketed eaves, and intersecting gables. Each gable contains a Palladian window. Lawrence Reese, an African-American master carpenter who had constructed many houses in Darlington, built the station.[2][3]

South Carolina Western Railway Station
Location129 Russell St., Darlington, South Carolina
Coordinates34°18′13″N 79°52′8″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
Built byReese, Lawrence
MPSCity of Darlington MRA
NRHP reference No.88000040[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "South Carolina Western Railway Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. "South Carolina Western Railway Station, Darlington County (129 Russell St., Darlington)". South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station
Hartsville
toward McBee
 South Carolina Western Railway Florence
toward Poston


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