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Kansas City Southern Depot (Leesville, Louisiana)

Coordinates: 31°08′09″N 93°15′43″W / 31.13583°N 93.26194°W / 31.13583; -93.26194
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Kansas City Southern Depot
Kansas City Southern Depot (Leesville, Louisiana) is located in Louisiana
Kansas City Southern Depot (Leesville, Louisiana)
Kansas City Southern Depot (Leesville, Louisiana) is located in the United States
Kansas City Southern Depot (Leesville, Louisiana)
LocationLeesville, Louisiana
Coordinates31°08′09″N 93°15′43″W / 31.13583°N 93.26194°W / 31.13583; -93.26194
Architectural styleMission Revival
NRHP reference No.84000080[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1984

The Kansas City Southern Depot, now the Museum of West Louisiana, is a former railway station in Leesville, Louisiana. It was built by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1916.[2] It served as a combination of passenger station, freight station, and crew change point.[3] The station was a busy shipping point during the Vernon Parish lumber boom in the early part of the 1900s. A local KCS train served the station into the 1960s.[4]

The building was donated to Vernon Parish on May 20, 1982.[5] The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 25, 1984. It was converted into a museum.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.
  2. ^ "Leesville". The Shreveport Journal. April 11, 1916. p. 6. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  3. ^ Carter, Thad Hillis (2009). Kansas City Southern Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 9780738560014.
  4. ^ Passenger Train Information Folder (PDF). Kansas City Southern Lines. June 1, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Leesville Depot Work Hampered". The Town Talk. March 3, 1984. p. 5. Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
Preceding station Kansas City Southern Railway Following station
Orangeville Main Line Pickering
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