The Plains Depot
Southern Railway brick passenger station at The Plains, VA. Agent's bay and train order signal. Built ca.1915 on the Manassas Gap Branch (now the NS B Line). The SR freight agency closed n 1973. Adaptive reuse as commercial space.
"The impetus for the new passenger station was to provide a moreelegant arrival venue for those huntsmen traveling from the north to participate in the Orange County Hunt. Many of these travelers arrived in their private railroad cars. The room in the half-story portion of the brick depot was dedicated to a private waiting room for the northern visitors. It was named the Governor W. Averell Harriman Room in honor of Edward Harriman’s son who was governor of New York. Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway System who lived nearby, was particularly influential in seeing that the new railroad station was built".
Contributing resource, The Plains Historic District. National Register of Historic Places 14000232
Virginia DHR 311-5005
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The Plains Depot
Southern Railway brick passenger station at The Plains, VA. Agent's bay and train order signal. Built ca.1915 on the Manassas Gap Branch (now the NS B Line). The SR freight agency closed n 1973. Adaptive reuse as commercial space.
"The impetus for the new passenger station was to provide a moreelegant arrival venue for those huntsmen traveling from the north to participate in the Orange County Hunt. Many of these travelers arrived in their private railroad cars. The room in the half-story portion of the brick depot was dedicated to a private waiting room for the northern visitors. It was named the Governor W. Averell Harriman Room in honor of Edward Harriman’s son who was governor of New York. Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway System who lived nearby, was particularly influential in seeing that the new railroad station was built".
Contributing resource, The Plains Historic District. National Register of Historic Places 14000232
Virginia DHR 311-5005
Virginia486