{"nrhp_refnum":"86001910","name":"Burgaw Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 E. Fremont","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burgaw","county":"Pender County","state":"NC","lat":34.55023169100008,"lon":-77.92839225299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame railroad depot in the town of Burgaw, the seat of Pender County, North Carolina, located at the intersection of Fremont and Dickinson streets on the east side of the former Wilmington and Weldon Railroad line. The original block dates to about 1850, with additions in 1898 and 1916/17.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is one of only two known surviving ante bellum depots in the state and the most important surviving building linked to the early development of Pender County and Burgaw. It is presented as a rare survivor of the railroad's growth, its Civil War role, and the town's founding around the railroad.","narrative":"Built about 1850 by the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad at Burgaw, this long frame depot at Fremont and Dickinson streets is one of only two known surviving ante bellum depots in North Carolina. The original heavy timber mortise-and-tenon block has exposed interior construction, while a 1898 T-shaped passenger addition to the south and a 1916/17 freight addition to the north were added as rail operations grew. The 1898 waiting rooms were segregated, with separate entrances for white and colored passengers. The railroad was a major supply route for the Confederacy, carrying goods from Wilmington toward Virginia during the Civil War. The town of Burgaw grew around the depot after the company gave the town site to Pender County in 1878. Passenger service ended in the mid-1960s, and the last train passed through town in January 1986.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850; 1898; 1917","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Idle after rail service ended; the document states the depot is idle following the last train through town on 30 January 1986.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.355748-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/7217/47721718/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86001910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001910/d82975d5ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001910/d82975d5ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mikeiamunion21","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burgaw,_NC_28425,_USA_-_panoramio_(3).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikeiamunion21</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:Burgaw,_NC_28425,_USA_-_panoramio_(3).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99001047","name":"Burgaw Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/burgaw-historic-district-99001047/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721718","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgaw_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19600623"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pender-county/burgaw-depot-86001910/"}