Keysville Railroad Station is a historic

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located at Keysville,

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. It was built by the

Richmond and Danville Railroad The Richmond and Danville Railroad (R&D) Company was a railroad that operated independently from 1847 until 1894, first in the U.S. state of Virginia, and later on of track in nine states. Chartered on March 9, 1847, the railroad completed its ...

in stages between 1890 and 1900, and is a one-story, vernacular frame railroad building. It contains offices and segregated waiting rooms at the north end and a large freight area extending to the south with docks on three sides. It remained in use as a passenger station until 1956. The Keysville Railroad Station appeared as the stations in

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, and in

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, in the filming of '' Eleanor and Franklin'', a television film about the Roosevelts that would earn 11 Emmy awards (1976). an
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in 2008.

References

Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900 Buildings and structures in Charlotte County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charlotte County, Virginia Railway stations in the United States closed in 1956 {{Virginia-railstation-stub