{"nrhp_refnum":"80002887","name":"Seaboard Air Line Railroad Passenger Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1000 N. Tyron St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.23407216100003,"lon":-80.83274807299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad passenger station at 1000 North Tryon Street in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, built in 1896 for the Seaboard Air Line to a design by architect Charles Christian Hook and enlarged in 1916-1917.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is the only surviving pre-1900 railroad structure in Charlotte's metropolitan area and reflects the city's turn-of-the-century growth and urbanization. It is also presented as a representative example of the work of architect C. C. Hook, who shaped early twentieth-century architecture in Charlotte.","narrative":"Located on North Tryon Street in Charlotte, this railroad depot opened on June 16, 1896, replacing an earlier terminal that burned in 1895. Architect Charles Christian Hook designed the two-story brick building for the Seaboard Air Line, and local contractor W. C. Williams built it. A renovation costing $22,000 in 1916-1917 added one-story wings on each side, a dark red brick veneer over the pink pebbledash stucco, and a 300-foot umbrella shed carried on cast iron columns. Passenger trains stopped serving the station in 1958, and it has since housed railroad yard offices. The station is significant as the only surviving pre-1900 railroad structure in the Charlotte area, tying it to the city's emergence as a regional urban center. It also represents the solid, simple classicism of Hook, whose other works include Charlotte City Hall and the Charlotte Woman's Club.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Charles Christian Hook (architect); W. C. Williams (local contractor, 1896); A. M. Walkup, Inc., of Richmond, Va. (1917 renovation)","architectural_style":"Simple classicism, as characteristic of Hook's work","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Passenger service ended in 1958; the building continues in use as railroad yard offices, with interior alterations made around 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.261546-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/7213/47721342/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/80002887.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002887/7e3e7f029b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002887/7e3e7f029b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Big Wang","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad_Passenger_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Wang</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:Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad_Passenger_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721342","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_station_(Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19877761"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/seaboard-air-line-railroad-passenger-station-80002887/"}