Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Asheville, North Carolina)

Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

Southern Railway Passenger Depot
Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012
Location1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1896 (1896)
ArchitectHunt, Richard Morris
MPSBiltmore Village MRA
NRHP reference No.79001684[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1979

The station replaced a smaller building that preceded Cornelius Vanderbilt's purchase of land to comprise the Biltmore Estate. [3]

In 1968 following the demolition of the Asheville train station, the Biltmore station served as Asheville's station until passenger train service was discontinued in 1975. [4] The station now houses a restaurant.[5] If passenger service to Asheville is restored, a new station will be built. [6]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: Southern Railway Passenger Depot" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Southern Railway Passenger Depot (Biltmore Depot)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. "Asheville Special". American Rails. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  5. "Our Story". Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. "Historic Biltmore Village to Get New Train Station Behind the Old Depot". asheville.com. Retrieved 2022-02-04.


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