Depot Square Historic District

Depot Square Historic District

Abingdon, Va.
History
Economy
Railways/Railroading
Lumber Trade
Hassinger Lumber
Konnarock
The Virginia-Carolina Railway
The Virginia Creeper
Urban Pathway
Scenic Attractions
Arts/Culture
Tourism

"Located one block south of Main Street...the Depot Square Historic District began taking shape around 1856 when the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad extended the first railroad through Abingdon and constructed a depot. The advent of the railroad made Abingdon a regional center of commerce and trade and boosted the town's growth...

"Around 1869, the Virginia and Tennessee Railway built a new depot to replace the original one burned during the Civil War. The well-preserved depot is a one-and-a-half story, Italianate-style building with board and batten siding and arched windows and doors. In 1910, Norfolk and Western Railway constructed its passenger depot, a one-story brick, Tudor-revival style building that also remains well preserved."

Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources, VLR Online and National Register Listings, Washington County, 140-0038: "Depot Square Historic District"

Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources

VLR Listing Date: 9/17/2020

Photo credit: Caitlin Herrnstadt 2020

Abingdon Welcome Wolf
Sponsor and location: The Arts Depot; by: The Arts Depot Credit: Resident Artists

"Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Abingdon"
Source: Abingdon Virginian; Attribution: Garland Patton estate

Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources
Arts Depot

Arts Depot, "About Us"
abingdonartsdepot.org/about

Image file: .jpg

English

Document(s)
Still Image
Website(s)

https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/

Nearby: Historical Society of Washington County, Va.; Sinking Spring Cemetery; Urban Pathway; Market Pavilion/The Farmer's Market; The Martha Washington