{"nrhp_refnum":"94000080","name":"Norfolk Southern Passenger Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 S. Hughes Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elizabeth City","county":"Pasquotank County","state":"NC","lat":36.30260042000003,"lon":-76.23809475999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick passenger station on Hughes Boulevard in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, completed in 1914 by the Norfolk Southern Railroad, with two later noncontributing buildings on the same lot.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, as the building through which rail service became the dominant form of travel in the Albemarle region after 1914. Its Spanish Revival design is also noted as an appropriately modern choice for the period, and its segregated waiting rooms and express office reflect the community's commercial and social life.","narrative":"Built in 1914 by the Norfolk Southern Railroad on the western edge of Elizabeth City, this long one-story brick passenger station has a tall hipped roof of clay tiles, deep eaves supported by wooden triangular braces, and eclectic Spanish Revival detailing including tan-brick quoins and flat arches. Its interior held separate waiting rooms for white and black passengers, a central ticket office with angled windows, and a Railway Express Agency office that handled parcel shipments, including fish from the Globe Fish Company. The station's opening in July 1914 was followed by a period when rail became the main form of regional travel, and the building also spurred residential and commercial growth at the city's western edge. Passenger service ended in early 1948 as buses and automobiles took over, after which the building was used for commercial purposes. Its listing rests on its role in the region's transportation history and on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1914-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Occupied; the document states the station has been occupied by Tireworld, a retread tire firm, since 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.256843-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/7183/47718319/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94000080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000080/8dbfa8baa8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000080/8dbfa8baa8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norfolk_Southern_Passenger_Station,_Elizabeth_City.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norfolk_Southern_Passenger_Station,_Elizabeth_City.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718319","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_City_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19877173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/pasquotank-county/norfolk-southern-passenger-station-94000080/"}