Lee Hall station

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Lee Hall, VA
Lee Hall station, July 18, 1983.jpg
Lee Hall station in July 1983
Coordinates37°11′40″N 76°34′21″W / 37.19444°N 76.57250°W / 37.19444; -76.57250Coordinates: 37°11′40″N 76°34′21″W / 37.19444°N 76.57250°W / 37.19444; -76.57250
History
OpenedOctober 30, 1977
ClosedOctober 28, 1995
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Newport News
Terminus
 Colonial Williamsburg
toward Boston South
Lee Hall Depot
Lee Hall station is located in Virginia
Lee Hall station
Arealess than one acre
Built1881 (1881)
ArchitectC&O Railway Engineering Department
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.10000793[1]
VLR No.121-0014
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 2010
Designated VLRJune 17, 2010[2]

Lee Hall station is a historic railway depot located in the Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built about 1881, as a one-story, frame building. A two-story midsection was added in 1893 with Stick Style embellishments and a pentagonal two-story bay. A one-story wing was added by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to the north end of the depot in 1918 to handle the influx of military personnel to Fort Eustis. The depot was used for passenger service until Amtrak took over service on May 1, 1971. Amtrak resumed service to Lee Hall with the Colonial on October 30, 1977.[3] The Lee Hall Depot was moved from its original location to the opposite side of the tracks in 2009 to prevent it from being demolished by the CSX Railroad.[4] The building is currently in use as a local history museum, focusing on the station's history, and the history of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in Warwick County.[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 as Lee Hall Depot.[1]

In September 2015 the Lee Hall Train Station Foundation received a $600,000 federal grant to pay for the building's restoration.[6]

In June 2018,[7] the Lee Hall Train Station Foundation was donated a Bay-Window Caboose by the CSX Railroad for display.[8] The caboose had been in use as a shoving platform, but was decommissioned after it was discovered to have a brake defect, and slated to be scrapped. After being donated, the car was moved to the U.S. Army Transportation Museum and restored by a large group of volunteers. It is currently awaiting a move to the depot by rail, which is scheduled to occur in April, 2022.


References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/20/10 through 9/24/10. National Park Service. 2010-10-01.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ "New Fall Schedule Changes Include Shortened Travel Times". Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, no. 20. Amtrak. November 1, 1977. p. 2.
  4. ^ Mary Kayaselcuk (January 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lee Hall Depot" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
  5. ^ "Lee Hall Depot tells the story of how the railroad transformed rural Warwick County into modern-day Newport News".
  6. ^ Clift, Theresa (28 September 2015). "Newport News gets OK on grant to finish Lee Hall Depot renovations". Daily Press. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/leehalltrainstation/photos/a.373367636047275/4306705316046801/?type=3&__xts__[0]=68.ARBH2Bg7Dn0-Or9GGCBffpvgUTmtnxoG5BZMnJquxiCJdztdZ2nt0goQZC7c_FA2NRtIM-fuxg9LM9xGO9T-uatLWugz5FFCf_yfyyeYOls7jMh361iNkcbTzzWgGjjk7idid1yXI7Sp8uAJ4eAvRx 8QQf8FIhruRaL1CPBhpZ98T7IplidslkGm4yjpR9ypLmCxOFkusyde8SH7KQv5OH9CfKC2RukkP0ZoQzwC8_HEHmqX7a8dSYrYrRBquxTTq-us7aB0E0b1obtrCkZPDsBByne3H J4FtT0KAvVbuiVrRPBVaC98g
  8. ^ "Chessie Caboose Donated to City of Newport News | Peninsula Chronicle".

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