Salisbury Railroad Corridor Historic District

Railroad-related commercial and warehouse buildings line the tracks just south of downtown Salisbury, North Carolina, a town founded in 1755 on the crossroads of two major colonial trading routes. The district's core dates from the first two decades of the twentieth century, after the Southern Railway commissioned Frank P. Milburn to design a new passenger depot, completed in 1908 at a reported cost of over $120,000. Its Spanish Mission style includes a red Spanish tile roof, a prominent signal tower, and a curvilinear gable. Nearby, the five-story Yadkin Hotel, completed in 1913, served travelers and local civic gatherings for decades. Other buildings include the Cheerwine bottling and office building of 1913-1914, the Saleeby produce warehouse of 1908, and the Boyden-Overman cotton warehouse of about 1910. Their brick, stone, and corbelled detailing illustrate the commercial growth the railroad produced.