Mound City station, also known as the Mound City Museum, is a historic

train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

located at Mound City,

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. It was built in 1921 by the

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, and is a simple one-story, hollow tile and red brick building measuring 100 feet by 25 feet. It sits on a

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foundation and has a gable roof. It houses a local history museum. (includes 6 photographs from 1979) It was listed on the

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in 1978 as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot.

References

External links

Mound City Museum website
History museums in Missouri Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Railway stations in the United States opened in 1921 National Register of Historic Places in Holt County, Missouri Former railway stations in Missouri {{HoltCountyMO-NRHP-stub