Downing station, also known as the Depot Museum, is a historic

train station A train station, railroad station, or railway station 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 Downing,

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. It was built in 1872 by the Keokuk & Western Railroad. It is a one-story, frame building with board and batten siding. The building features a gable roof with wide overhanging eaves and ornate cross stickwork brackets. It was moved to its present location in 1976, and houses a local history museum. (includes 5 photographs from 1980) It was added to the

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in 1983 as the Downing Railroad Depot.

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History museums in Missouri Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872 National Register of Historic Places in Schuyler County, Missouri Former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad stations Former railway stations in Missouri {{SchuylerCountyMO-NRHP-stub