Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Virginia, Lee Hall
The C&O depot was built around 1883. Additions were made to the building in 1893, 1918 and 1932. The building, constructed in the Eastern Stick style, is characterized by decorative detailing, highly textured wall surfaces, cross gable, and steeply pitched gable roof. According to the document submitted for listing the building on the National Register of Historic Places, "The elaborate wainscoting of Lee Hall’s exterior board and batten walls, gable end picket fence style siding used as trim under the eave line and decorative trusses were textbook examples of this style."
The photograph shows the trackside of the combination depot. To the left was the freight and express space. Then a two-story midsection that was added in 1893 with a pentagonal two-story bay. In the middle, on the first floor was the ticket office. The stationmaster's living quarters were on the second floor. To the right were two passenger waiting rooms, one for white and one for black passengers.
Passenger service ended at the depot in the 1960s. The C&O, and later CSX, used the building for storage and maintenance of way services for number of years. CSX had plans to demolish the building. In 2009, the City of Newport News had the building moved from track-side to save the building. The building was moved 165 feet away from the line. In 2017, when the photograph was taken, the building served as an event center. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Virginia, Lee Hall
The C&O depot was built around 1883. Additions were made to the building in 1893, 1918 and 1932. The building, constructed in the Eastern Stick style, is characterized by decorative detailing, highly textured wall surfaces, cross gable, and steeply pitched gable roof. According to the document submitted for listing the building on the National Register of Historic Places, "The elaborate wainscoting of Lee Hall’s exterior board and batten walls, gable end picket fence style siding used as trim under the eave line and decorative trusses were textbook examples of this style."
The photograph shows the trackside of the combination depot. To the left was the freight and express space. Then a two-story midsection that was added in 1893 with a pentagonal two-story bay. In the middle, on the first floor was the ticket office. The stationmaster's living quarters were on the second floor. To the right were two passenger waiting rooms, one for white and one for black passengers.
Passenger service ended at the depot in the 1960s. The C&O, and later CSX, used the building for storage and maintenance of way services for number of years. CSX had plans to demolish the building. In 2009, the City of Newport News had the building moved from track-side to save the building. The building was moved 165 feet away from the line. In 2017, when the photograph was taken, the building served as an event center. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.