Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station, Main Street between Union & Ferry Streets, Scottsville, Albemarle County, Virginia

Significance: Built in 1915, the station is typical of small passenger stations built in the early 20th century. Its wide overhanging bell-cast roof, covered passenger platform, and large bay window make it a prototype similar to larger examples such as those at Crozet and Manassas, Virginia. A nicely detailed and substantial building which survived two recent floods in 1969 and 1972, the station is in good condition and retains much of its original fabric and character. It is one of the few remaining railroad depots in an area which has recently lost several stations because of a decline in railroad usage. Located on the site of the old James River and Kanawha Canal, the station serves as the last reminder of past transportation systems which played such an important role in Scottsville's history: river traffic, turnpikes, canal and railroad. Scottsville was an important commercial and transportation center, located at a strategic point on east-west routes between Richmond and the western part of Virginia, and on north-south routes which crossed the James at Scottsville first by ferry and later by bridge.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-326
Survey number: HABS VA-977
Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction