Passenger Station Architecture

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Many thanks to everyone who replied to my "curiosity" question!

Dave Phelps

On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:29 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

>
> Bruce,
>
> You probably recognize that the building at the center right edge of the
> West End Radford Depot photo still stands today giving a little perspective
> of where the station stood. The photo would have been taken from the
> highway
> bridge over the New River built in 1891.
>
> John Garner
>
> Depot
>
> http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/37.1393165588379,-80.5752716064
> 453/id/9605/info/details/zoom/14/
>
> Radford Trust Building
>
> http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/37.1343193054199,-80.5748214721
> 68/id/9621/info/details/zoom/18/
>
> Highway Bridge
>
> http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/37.1348724365234,-80.5756759643
> 555/id/9606/info/details/zoom/18/
>
> Street View
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/place/W+Main+St,+Radford,+VA+24141/@37.1342279,-
> 80.5749547,3a,75y,310.53h,99.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4iLE9cY2Uq0JrNiLq8MC6Q
> !
> 2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com
> %2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4iLE9cY2Uq0JrNiLq8MC6Q%26output%
>
> 3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D392%26h%3D106
>
> %26yaw%3D312.52567%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x884dee37d815be59:0
> x35e4598aeab72bc6!8m2!3d37.1064808!4d-80.5827864
>
>
> Several station seem to share similar architectural features, Bluefield,
> > Salem, Bedford, Buena Vista and Marion come to mind.
>
>
> Add in the West End station in Radford and the adjacent Radford Inn. A
> quick
> Google search turned up a couple of photos/images that show a similar
> architecture to the others on Ken's list.
>
> One is "What Was There" with a blurry image of the station and this
> description:
>
> "In 1890, Norfolk and Western opened a passenger station (right) in
> Radford?s West End. The rail station was accessed by Randolph Street and
> served the area until 1931, when it was closed, and then sat vacant until
> 1938 when it was demolished. It is believed that the stones from the
> structure were used to construct the Masonic Lodge on Downey Street and
> Nesselrod on the New, which is now a bed and breakfast."
>
> Image featured in ?Then & Now: Radford? by Scott L. Gardner and the Radford
> Public Library. More information at Arcadia Publishing
>
>
> http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/37.1393165588379,-80.5752716064
> 453/id/9605/info/details/zoom/14/
>
> A Google book has line drawings of the station and inn -- "Reference Book
> of
> the Norfolk & Western Railroad Co." published when Frederick Kimball was
> president of the *railroad* company.
> Page 36 has the image; it is also interesting to see the grandiose proposed
> Union Station for Bristol.
>
> See
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=6FlKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA36&ots=640SoX0QKn&dq=ra
>
> dford%20passenger%20station&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=radford%20passenger%20statio
> n&f=false
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
>
>
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