- Charleston, West Virginia (Amtrak station)
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Charleston 
Charleston Amtrak Station in April 2009.Station statistics Address 350 MacCorkle Avenue SE
Charleston, WV 25314Coordinates 38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°W Lines CardinalConnections KRT Platforms 1 Tracks 1 Other information Opened 1905 Accessible 
Code CHW Owned by General Corporation Traffic Passengers (2010) 9,507[1] 
2.3%Services Preceding station Amtrak Following station toward ChicagoCardinal toward New York CityChesapeake and Ohio Depot
Location: 350 MacCorkle Avenue SE, Charleston, West Virginia 
United StatesCoordinates: 38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°WCoordinates: 38°20′47″N 81°38′18″W / 38.34639°N 81.63833°W Area: 0.5 acres (0.2 ha) Built: 1905 Architect: J.C. & A.L. Pennock Architectural style: Classical Revival, Beaux Arts Governing body: Private MPS: South Hills MRA NRHP Reference#: 84000782[2] Added to NRHP: October 26, 1984 Charleston is an Amtrak station in Charleston, West Virginia, served by the Cardinal. The station was originally owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. In September 2010, the station was purchased by General Corporation, a commercial real estate company based in Charleston. The station is located on the south bank of the Kanawha River, opposite downtown Charleston which lies on the north bank. Much of the station's outdoor space is covered by the South Side Bridge which allows both vehicular and pedestrian traffic to access the downtown areas.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and part of the South Hills Multiple Resource Area.[2] It is a two-story, brick and stone structure in the Neo-Classical Revival style. The facade features a shallow pavilion of paired Roman Doric columns facing the Kanawha River. It also has a low hipped, tile-covered roof with bracketed deep eaves.[3]
Of the ten West Virginia stations served by Amtrak, Charleston was the second busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 25 passengers daily.[4]
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/WESTVIRGINIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". Chesapeake and Ohio Depot. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/kanawha/84000782.pdf.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of West Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/WESTVIRGINIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form
- Amtrak – Stations – Charleston, WV
- Charleston Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- General Corporation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Lists by county Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Grant • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Lincoln • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Mineral • Mingo • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Summers • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Amtrak stations in West Virginia
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia
- Buildings and structures completed in 1905
- Classical Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Stations along Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lines
- Transportation in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States railway station stubs
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