Kershaw Depot
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Kershaw Depot, also known as the Southern Railway Depot, 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 Kershaw,
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. It was built in 1926, by the Southern Railway, and is the second or third depot built in Kershaw. The interior plan consists of a central ticketing area flanked by white and "colored" waiting areas. The Southern Railway sold the depot in 1945, and it has since been used as a florist and craft shop. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1990.


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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Railway stations in the United States opened in 1926 Former Southern Railway (U.S.) stations National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, South Carolina {{LancasterCountySC-NRHP-stub