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Rural Retreat Depot

Rural Retreat Depot
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Rural Retreat Depot is located in Virginia
Rural Retreat Depot
Rural Retreat Depot is located in the US
Rural Retreat Depot
Location 105 Railroad Ave.
Rural Retreat, Virginia
Coordinates 36°53′38″N 81°16′35″W / 36.89389°N 81.27639°W / 36.89389; -81.27639Coordinates: 36°53′38″N 81°16′35″W / 36.89389°N 81.27639°W / 36.89389; -81.27639
Area less than one acre
Built 1870 (1870)
NRHP Reference # 14000531
Added to NRHP August 25, 2014

The Rural Retreat Depot is a historic railroad station at 105 Railroad Avenue in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Built c. 1870, it is one of the oldest railroad stations in southern Virginia, and one of only two to survive from the Reconstruction Era. Its distinctive Italianate features include a pair of square towers, and wide shallow eaves with paired brackets.

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.



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