{"nrhp_refnum":"03000456","name":"Virginian Railway Passenger Station","other_names":["128-5461"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1402 Jefferson St. SE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.25980240800004,"lon":-79.94085008199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad passenger station at 1402 Jefferson Street Southeast in Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1909 for the Virginian Railway. It consists of two similar one-story brick buildings, a waiting room and a baggage room, joined by a covered area.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A in Transportation for its role in passenger service to and from Roanoke, a division point on the Virginian Railway. It is also significant under Criterion C in Architecture for visual characteristics and construction methods used only briefly and only by the railroad industry.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at the edge of a rail yard in Roanoke, this passenger station served the Virginian Railway, which that year completed its line carrying coal from West Virginia to Hampton Roads. Two similar one-story brick buildings, one a waiting room and one a baggage room, stand on either side of a covered area. Both have hipped roofs with red terra cotta tiles and yellow brick veneer over red brick. The larger south building has a gabled bay with faux half-timbering that gives it a Tudor Revival look. Roanoke was the division point between the railway's New River and Norfolk divisions, and construction began within two months of the line's completion. Passenger service ended in the mid-1950s. A fire in January 2001 damaged the roofs and the south building's ceilings, though the walls survived. The station was recognized for its role in rail transportation and for its distinctive railroad-era design and construction.","period_of_significance":"1909-1953","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: eclectic; Other: Railroad Station vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"A fire in late January 2001 severely damaged the roofs of both buildings and the south building's ceilings. The form describes a current function of work in progress, with rehabilitation planned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.254287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6833/41683359/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03000456.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000456/4fd9dd93c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000456/4fd9dd93c2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginian_Station_Roanoke.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriarca12</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginian_Station_Roanoke.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000994","name":"Roanoke River and Railroad Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/roanoke-river-and-railroad-historic-district-13000994/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683359","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginian_Railway_Passenger_Station_(Roanoke,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7934728"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/virginian-railway-passenger-station-03000456/"}