{"nrhp_refnum":"83001842","name":"Lake Waccamaw Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Flemington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Waccamaw","county":"Columbus County","state":"NC","lat":34.321250958000064,"lon":-78.52993158199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story board and batten frame railroad depot built about 1900 in Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina, by Herbert Smith for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. It was moved a short distance to its present site in 1974.","why_significant":"The depot is argued to be the most important surviving building tied to the timber and tourist enterprises of early twentieth-century Lake Waccamaw and the oldest surviving commercial structure in the village. It reflects the railroad's role in supporting industry in eastern North Carolina. It is also a modest example of Stick Style commercial architecture with an intact interior.","narrative":"Built about 1900 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, this one-story board and batten depot served the town of Lake Waccamaw in Columbus County, North Carolina. Herbert Smith, a railroad employee, drew the plans and led the work crew. The building has bracketed eaves, gable braces, a slate-covered gabled roof and a bay window in the station master's office. Inside it held white and colored waiting rooms, the office and a freight and baggage room. The depot mattered because lumber, naval stores and, later, tourism all depended on the railroad. After the line was abandoned by 1970, the town bought the station in 1973 and moved it in 1974 to its present site. Today it houses a museum of local natural and historical artifacts, a police office and town storage. It is regarded as the most important surviving building tied to the town's growth and a modest example of Stick Style design with much of its interior intact.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Herbert Smith","architectural_style":"Stick Style commercial architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now owned by the Town of Lake Waccamaw and used as the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum, with the police department in the former colored waiting room and town storage in the freight room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.074502-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7196/47719684/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001842.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001842/b6c2073fc1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001842/b6c2073fc1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cat person","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Waccamaw_Depot_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cat person</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:Lake_Waccamaw_Depot_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Waccamaw_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153372"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/columbus-county/lake-waccamaw-depot-83001842/"}