{"nrhp_refnum":"06000696","name":"West Alexandria Depot","other_names":["Pre-27-9"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"71 E. Dayton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Alexandria","county":"Preble County","state":"OH","lat":39.745127411000055,"lon":-84.52858537299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small combination passenger and freight railroad depot at 71 E. Dayton Street (U.S. Route 35) in West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio, built in 1906 in the Stick Style and still on its original site.","why_significant":"The depot is significant under Criterion C as a locally important example of Stick Style architecture. It also represents the small-town combination station, with a waiting room, ticket office and freight room under one roof. Its decorative brackets, bracing, extended eaves and varied wooden wall treatments remain largely intact.","narrative":"Built in 1906, this small wood-frame railroad depot on East Dayton Street (U.S. Route 35) in West Alexandria, Ohio, measures about 20 by 65 feet and still stands where it was first constructed. It combined passenger and freight service in one building: a waiting room at the front, a ticket office with a projecting polygonal window in the middle, and a freight room with three sliding doors at the rear. Its Stick Style character shows in deep eaves, decorative straight and diagonal braces, sawtooth gable shingles, a hanging roof pendant, and a mix of vertical and horizontal siding. Rail service reached the town in 1886 on the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw line, and the 1906 depot later carried the colors of the Cincinnati Northern, which had taken over that line. Only minor alterations have occurred, and the track was removed in 1982. The depot is recognized for its architecture and as a surviving small-town combination station.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company","architectural_style":"Stick / Eastern Stick","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as work in progress; the building underwent a complete rehabilitation in early 2006, including a new standing seam metal roof. Interior condition was described as fair. Track and ballast were removed in 1982.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.614762-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/06000696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000696/ebc64c19aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000696/ebc64c19aa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Alexandria_Depot_%E2%80%94_West_Alexandria,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</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:West_Alexandria_Depot_%E2%80%94_West_Alexandria,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991049","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138657132"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/preble-county/west-alexandria-depot-06000696/"}