Purcellville Train Station
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Purcellville Train Station
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Purcellville Train Station, August 2008
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| Location | 200 N 21st St, Purcellville, Virginia |
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| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architectural style | board and batten vernacular |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000307[1] |
| VLR # | 286-5001-0233 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 28, 2010 |
| Designated VLR | March 18, 2010[2] |
Purcellville Train Station is a historic railway station located at Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia adjacent Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail.[3] The Southern Railway constructed the station in 1904. The station is a one-story, rectangular frame building with a hipped roof and deeply overhanging eaves supported by triangular knee braces. It was a station on the Washington and Old Dominion Railway and later, the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad from 1912 until the line closed in 1968, with passenger service ceasing in 1951.[4]
The Purcellville Preservation Association restored the station in 2002.[5] The town of Purcellville maintains the station as a public meeting facility, museum, and public restrooms, under the purview of the town's Train Station Steering & Oversight Committee.[6] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 28, 2010.[7]
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- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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- National Register of Historic Places in Loudoun County, Virginia
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- Railway stations closed in 1951
- Purcellville, Virginia
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