Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in Patrick
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Winburn St., S of jct. of SC 102 and US 1, Patrick, SC (Chesterfield County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817713005
Description and Narrative:
The Seaboard Air Line Railway depot, built sometime in the last half of 1900 or the early months of 1901, was the cornerstone of Patrick, one of several flagstop towns that developed along the Seaboard Railroad line between Columbia and Cheraw. The development of the town exemplified the process by which railroads penetrated the Sandhills region of the southern United States in the last decades of the nineteenth century, reshaping a landscape that had long be predominantly rural, sparsely populated, and generally isolated. In addition, the depot is an excellent example of a small-town railroad station, a specific building type that became commonplace across the nation as the railroad industry reached its peak in the decades between 1880 and 1930. The building is a one-and-one-half story frame building with a simple rectangular plan. It is covered by a moderately pitched roof clad in pale green asphalt shingles and two small, red brick chimneys rise from its peak. Facing the tracks on the northeast and southeast are signs that proudly announce “Patrick.” Today the depot remains as much the center of the town as it was in the early twentieth century. Listed in the National Register February 22, 1999.
Period of Significance:
1900;circa 1900 – 1901
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Transportation;Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
February 22 1999
