Lee Hall Depot

Lee Hall, VA
Lee Hall station in July 1983
General information
Coordinates37°11′40″N 76°34′21″W / 37.19444°N 76.57250°W / 37.19444; -76.57250
History
OpenedOctober 30, 1977
ClosedOctober 28, 1995
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Newport News
Terminus
Colonial Williamsburg
James Whitcomb Riley
until 1976
Williamsburg
toward Chicago
George Washington
to 1974
Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station
Grove
toward Cincinnati
Main Line Oriana
Lee Hall Depot
Lee Hall Depot is located in Virginia
Lee Hall Depot
Lee Hall Depot is located in the United States
Lee Hall Depot
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 Depot is a historic train station and museum located in the Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in about 1881, with a one-story cargo bay, and the two-story main section was added in 1893. Another one-story wing was added by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to the north end of the depot in 1918 to handle an influx of military personnel to Fort Eustis. The building is currently in use as a local history museum, focusing on the station's history, and the history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in Warwick County.[3]

  1. ^ "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. ^ "121-0014 Lee Hall Depot".
  3. ^ Nolte, Jessica. "Lee Hall Depot tells the story of how the railroad transformed rural Warwick County into modern-day Newport News". Daily Press.