Jump to content

Lost Creek station

Coordinates: 39°9′37″N 80°21′6″W / 39.16028°N 80.35167°W / 39.16028; -80.35167
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lost Creek Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot
Lost Creek station is located in West Virginia
Lost Creek station
Lost Creek station is located in the United States
Lost Creek station
LocationMain St., Lost Creek Rd. and Cty Rte 48, Lost Creek, West Virginia
Coordinates39°9′37″N 80°21′6″W / 39.16028°N 80.35167°W / 39.16028; -80.35167
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1892, 1923
Built byBaltimore and Ohio Railroad
Architectural styleFolk Victorian
NRHP reference No.05000660[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 6, 2005

Lost Creek station is a historic railroad depot located at Lost Creek, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was built in 1892 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and is a one-story, Folk Victorian frame building with board-and-batten siding. It measures 44 by 18.5 feet (13.4 m × 5.6 m). In 1923, it was the largest cattle shipping point east of the Mississippi River.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as the Lost Creek Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Becky Nesbitt and Jeff Wyne (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lost Creek Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.