Monroe station (North Carolina)
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Monroe, North Carolina
United States
Monroe | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Seaboard Air Line Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 100 Smith Street Monroe, North Carolina United States | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°59′07″N 80°33′01″W / 34.98517°N 80.55023°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | CSX | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Seaboard Air Line Railroad | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Architectural style | Queen Anne | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | October 14, 1969 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1906 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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The Seaboard Air Line Railroad depot in Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, United States, is a former train station formerly used by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad from 1874 to 1969.
Train service to Monroe began in 1874 when the Carolina Central Railway between Charlotte and Wilmington was completed. This made Monroe a market town where agricultural products were sold and shipped from the North to the South and vice versa. Due to the agricultural trade, it made Monroe a very important town and junction on the railroad along with the supply lines. In 1892, construction of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway to Atlanta made new connections to other cities.[citation needed]
Current station building
In 1906, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad made 2 new depots for Monroe. It included the current station building that was constructed with pressed brick, terra cotta panels, Ornate chimneys and Queen Anne style architecture window slashes. A new freight depot was also built but sadly no longer exists.