{"nrhp_refnum":"88000133","name":"Kernersville Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"121 Railroad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kernersville","county":"Forsyth County","state":"NC","lat":36.12214570500004,"lon":-80.07068118899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story board-and-batten railroad depot in Kernersville, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built about 1873 along the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad line between Greensboro and Winston.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is the only remaining railroad building in Kernersville and the second oldest known railroad building in western North Carolina, after the Thomasville Depot of 1870. Its arrival enabled the town's late nineteenth-century manufacturing growth, and its utilitarian construction features are characteristic of early depots.","narrative":"Built about 1873, this one-story depot of mortise-and-tenon construction and board-and-batten siding stands beside the railroad tracks in Kernersville. It was erected when the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad extended its line from Greensboro toward Winston, bringing the first rail service to Kernersville and the first to Winston. Its gable roof runs parallel to the tracks, with extended eaves sheltering loading docks on each side, and a chimney serves the office and waiting room at the east end. Its interior retains exposed timbering in the freight warehouse, beaded board finishes, and fireplaces, though the mantels were removed at an unknown date. The depot is regarded as the second oldest known railroad building in western North Carolina and the only surviving railroad building in Kernersville. Its utilitarian form, diagonally sheathed freight doors and segmentally arched bays are typical of early depots, and the building is valued for its role in the town's nineteenth-century industrial growth.","period_of_significance":"1873-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The depot now serves as storage for a farm and garden supply business across Bodenhamer Street; it is in poor condition but maintained enough to remain weathertight.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:50.87382-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/7178/47717815/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/88000133.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000133/e4075066b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000133/e4075066b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ceh2624","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KernersvilleDepotBackView.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceh2624</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:KernersvilleDepotBackView.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717815","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernersville_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18619238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/forsyth-county/kernersville-depot-88000133/"}