{"nrhp_refnum":"80003209","name":"Ashville Depot","other_names":["Ashville Norfolk &amp","Western Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Madison and Cromley Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashville","county":"Pickaway County","state":"OH","lat":39.715023357000064,"lon":-82.95536467399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story wood-frame railroad depot built in 1876 for the Scioto Valley Railroad in Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio, at Madison and Cromley Streets. It was moved about 700 feet to a new foundation to save it from demolition.","why_significant":"The depot is tied to the founding and growth of Ashville, which developed where the railroad crossed a major country road. It may be the only surviving depot from the Scioto Valley Railroad. A later statement argues it is a typical small combination station of the Norfolk & Western and the last of its kind on the line between Columbus and Portsmouth.","narrative":"Ashville's depot is a modest one-story frame building, roughly 15 by 70 feet, with board-and-batten walls, a gable roof and decorative eave brackets. It was built in 1876 when the Scioto Valley Railroad finished its line from Portsmouth to Columbus. The town grew up where the tracks crossed a major country road, and the depot became a center of passenger and commercial activity for surrounding farmland. Norfolk & Western bought the railroad in 1890, and around 1900 the building was lengthened and its conical-roofed tower was probably removed, giving it a long, narrow profile. After passenger service ended in 1976, the depot was threatened with demolition and local citizens moved it about 700 feet. It now sits roughly 150 feet from the track. A supporting statement values it as a typical combination depot, the last on the Columbus-to-Portsmouth line, rather than as a distinctive design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved about 700 feet to a new foundation after the railroad ended passenger service in 1976 and vacated it; being restored by a local community group for a future heritage center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.685623-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003209/0ff14c6e10-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003209/0ff14c6e10-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AshvilleOH18.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</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:AshvilleOH18.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990931","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashville_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4806155"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/pickaway-county/ashville-depot-80003209/"}