Newport station (Arkansas)

Newport, AR
Newport station in September 2012
Other information
Station code	NPT
History
Opened	September 15, 1974[1]
Closed	April 14, 1996[1]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Little Rock toward Laredo or Houston Inter-American Walnut Ridge toward Chicago Little Rock toward Los Angeles or San Antonio Texas Eagle Preceding station Missouri Pacific Railroad Following station Russell toward Texarkana Texarkana – St. Louis Diaz toward St. Louis
Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	NW of jct. of Walnut and Front Sts., Newport, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°36′23″N 91°17′0″W / 35.60639°N 91.28333°W / 35.60639; -91.28333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904 (1904)
Built by	Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mediterranean
MPS	Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000619[2]
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1992

The Newport station, also known as Missouri-Pacific Depot-Newport, is a historic railroad station at Walnut and Front Streets in Newport, Arkansas. It is a long rectangular single-story brick and stucco topped by a hip roof, whose wide eaves are supported by large Italianate knee brackets. Its roof, originally slate, is now shingled, detracting from its original Mediterranean styling. A telegrapher's bay extends above the roof line on the track side of the building. The building was built in 1904 by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad to handle passenger and freight traffic.^[3]