{"nrhp_refnum":"08000256","name":"Norge Train Depot","other_names":["#047-5301"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7770 Croaker Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsburg","county":"James City County","state":"VA","lat":37.37692800900004,"lon":-76.77152716499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black","Social History","Transportation","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame railroad depot built about 1907 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for the Norwegian community of Norge, Virginia. Moved in 2006 to the grounds of the James City County Library on Croaker Road, near Williamsburg.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is the only surviving example in the county, and the only extant example on any C&O line, of the railroad's standardized small combination station plan. It reflects early twentieth-century standardized, mass-produced railroad architecture. Its move is justified under the moved-building consideration because CSX threatened demolition at the original site.","narrative":"Built between about 1906 and 1908 by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, this one-story wood-frame depot served the small Norwegian community of Norge, Virginia. It measures roughly eighty-nine by sixteen feet and follows the railroad's standardized plan for a small combination station, with a hipped roof, German weatherboard siding, board-and-batten panels and a canted bay window at the agent's office. Inside were freight and express rooms, an agent's office, and separate waiting rooms for Black and white passengers. Passenger service ended in 1969, and the building later sat deteriorating as storage for CSX. After a sixteen-year local campaign, it was moved in February 2006 to the county library grounds to avoid demolition. It is considered significant as the only surviving example in the county of a C&O standardized depot design, and as an example of early twentieth-century standardized railroad construction. Plans called for restoration and a small local history museum.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Moved in February 2006 to the James City County Library grounds; restoration was planned, with a small museum on the depot and Norge area history to follow.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.159657-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/6813/41681371/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000256/b0cb3ef6f4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000256/b0cb3ef6f4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"SKM2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norge_Train_Depot.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">SKM2000</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norge_Train_Depot.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681371","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge_Train_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712970"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/james-city-county/norge-train-depot-08000256/"}