Choctaw Route Station
Little Rock | |
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Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | |
Location | 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 |
Choctaw Route Station | |
Location in Arkansas | |
Location | E. 3rd at Rock Island RR., Little Rock, Arkansas |
Coordinates | 34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°WCoordinates: 34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1899 |
Built by | |
NRHP reference No. | 75000404[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1975 |
The Choctaw Route Station is a historic former railroad station on East 3rd Street in the riverfront area of Little Rock, Arkansas. The building now houses the Clinton School of Public Service, a branch of the University of Arkansas at the Clinton Presidential Center. The station, built in 1899 for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, is a single-story brick building with elaborate terra cotta detailing, and is one of the architecturally finest stations in the state.[2]
Major named passenger trains included:[3][4]
- Californian
- Cherokee
- Choctaw Rocket
- Memphis-Californian
- Southwest Express
By the mid-1960s the trains had dwindled down the Memphis-Californian successor, the Memphis-Tucumcari, an overnight coach-only Memphis-Little Rock-Oklahoma City-Amarillo-Tucumcari train. This final train at the station was terminated between fall 1967 and summer 1968.[5][6]
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Choctaw Route Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Tables A, B, F, K, L". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 89 (5). January 1950.
- ^ Rock Island Lines timetable, February 1938, Condensed Timetables http://streamlinermemories.info/RI/RI38TT.pdf
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 3". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 100 (5). October 1967.
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, (Freight only)". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 101 (1). June 1968.
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1899
- Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations
- National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Transportation in Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1899 establishments in Arkansas
- Former railway stations in Arkansas
- Little Rock, Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs