South Carolina Western Railway Station | |
Location | 129 Russell St., Darlington, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°18′13″N 79°52′8″W / 34.30361°N 79.86889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1911 |
Built by | Reese, Lawrence |
MPS | City of Darlington MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 88000040 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 10, 1988 |
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]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
Preceding station | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Following station | ||
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Hartsville toward
McBee
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Hartsville Subdivision |
Florence toward
Poston
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