South Carolina Western Railway Station

129 Russell St., Darlington, South Carolina. County/parish: Darlington.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 10, 1988. NRIS 88000040.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Seaboard Airline Railway Station

From Wikipedia:

South Carolina Western Railway Station (Darlington, South Carolina)

South Carolina Western Railway Station, also known as the Seaboard Air Line 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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996014

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