Camden station (Arkansas)

The former Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot in Camden, Arkansas, is located at the southwest corner of Adams Street and Stadium Drive in the city's business district. It is a single-story brick building with Mediterranean Revival styling built c. 1917 during a major expansion of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad. ("The Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company incorporated and absorbed the Iron Mountain system, and for many years thereafter "Mo-Pac" was the largest and most important railroad in the state."[2])

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden
Camden station (Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Camden station (Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Camden station (Arkansas) is located in the United States
Camden station (Arkansas)
Location in United States
LocationSW corner of Adams Street and Stadium Drive, Camden, Arkansas
Coordinates33°34′56″N 92°49′40″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
Built byMissouri-Pacific Railroad
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
MPSHistoric Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.92000605[1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1992

The building was used as both a passenger and freight depot.[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992,[1] at which time it was vacant.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Baker, William D. Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas, 1870-1940. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. "NRHP nomination for Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-06-16.


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