Montpelier Depot, State Route 20 at Orange County Road 639, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia

Significance: The old Southern Railroad depot located at Montpelier Station, Virginia is an important, and presently beautifully preserved, example of those depots built by the Southern Railroad Company at the turn of the century in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Situated near the main entrance of the Montpelier Estate, the Montpelier Depot is an example of a turn-of-the-century Southern Railroad Company depot in Virginia and a representation of the segregation period of the overall African-American experience at the Montpelier Estate.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-318

Survey number: HABS VA-997

Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work

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1910 - 1980

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