Franklinton Depot, also known as the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Passenger Depot and Franklinton Woman's Club Clubhouse, 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 201 East Mason Street in Franklinton,

Franklin County, North Carolina Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,573. Its county seat is Louisburg. Franklin County is included in the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

. It was built by the

Raleigh and Gaston Railroad The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad was a Raleigh, North Carolina, based railroad opened in April 1840 between Raleigh and the town of Gaston, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River. It was North Carolina's second railroad (the Wilmington and Weldon Rai ...

in 1886, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building with

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, Queen Anne, and

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style design elements. The main section measures 51 feet by 16 feet, with an attached 10 feet by 12 feet baggage room. The main section has a steeply pitched gable roof and baggage room a low-pitched hip roof. It served the

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's ''Palmland'' (New York - St. Petersburg and Miami) as well as local service between Norlina and

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.'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1949, Seaboard Air Line section, Table 1 It was moved to its present location in 1973 when acquired by the Franklinton Woman's Club as a

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. It was listed on the

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in 1990.

References

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886 National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, North Carolina Former Seaboard Air Line Railroad stations Former railway stations in North Carolina {{FranklinCountyNC-NRHP-stub