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| Location | 100 South River Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′47″N 91°11′25″W / 30.44641°N 91.19041°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Website | www |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000463[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1994 |
Baton Rouge station is a historic train station located at 100 South River Road in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built for the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad which got absorbed by the Illinois Central Railroad. The station was a stop on the Y&MV main line between Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana. The building now houses the Louisiana Art and Science Museum.[2]
The two-story main block and the two one-story wings in Classical Revival style stand directly across the Old State Capitol building.[3][4][5]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1994, as the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot.[1]
IC-333, a 0-6-0 steam engine formerly owned by the Charles Black Sand & Gravel Company of Fluker, LA, is on display just outside the building. Several passenger cars previously on display have been removed. As of 2011, IC-333 and its tender have been removed from the site as well.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "LOUISIANA ART AND SCIENCE MUSEUM". www.lasm.org. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot - Archiplanet". www.archiplanet.org. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.
- ^ "Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018. with three photos and a map Archived 2018-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Register Staff (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved May 16, 2018. With 13 photos from 1993.