Lake Waccamaw Depot

United States historic place


Lake Waccamaw Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°19′16″N 78°31′49″W / 34.32111°N 78.53028°W / 34.32111; -78.53028
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	c. 1900 (1900)
Architect/builder	Herbert Smith
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	83001842^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1983

Lake Waccamaw Depot is a historic train station located at Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina It was built about 1900 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is a one-story, Stick Style frame building with board-and-batten siding. It features shaped eave brackets, gable braces, and a long low slate covered gabled roof. The building was moved to its present location in 1974. Also on the property is the contributing a rectangular board-and-batten covered Section House.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

The depot is now operated as the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum, with displays of local history and natural history.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Davyd Foard Hood and Jim Sumner (April 1983). "Lake Waccamaw Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.