Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Depot
Why it's listed
This two-story brick depot in Zanesville, Ohio, was built in 1882 for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis railroad. M. J. Becker served as designing engineer, and J. R. Ferguson and Charles Daugherty were the builders. The building measures about 75 by 27 feet and rests on a limestone foundation raised to just below the first-story windows. Newspaper accounts of the period described Zanesville press brick with Berea stone trim, laid with black mortar and decorated with courses of black brick. Window and door openings are trabeated. The eaves project beyond the walls and are partly supported by brick brackets. A canopy once sheltered the passenger platform, and a bay about five feet deep projects from the east side so railroad personnel had an unobstructed view of the tracks. The depot was nominated with other Zanesville railroad stations and freight houses as a thematic group. The form describes the building as altered but on its original site, in good to fair condition.
Significance in brief: The available text is mostly the description and review sheets; it contains no statement of significance. The depot is nominated as part of the Zanesville Historic Railroad Depots Thematic Resource, a group of local railroad stations and freight houses.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 83002016, listed March 24, 1983. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence low).
Key facts
| Address | Market St., Zanesville |
|---|---|
| County | Muskingum County |
| Listed | March 24, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83002016 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | M. J. Becker, designing engineer; J. R. Ferguson and Charles Daugherty, builders |
| Areas of significance | Transportation, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition is marked as good or fair, altered, on its original site. The form lists the owner as a railroad company. |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Within district | Muskingum River Navigation Historic District |
| Coordinates | 39.94290, -82.00992 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 83002016.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138645991
- This listing as JSON
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