Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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BruceS
N 33° 41.700 W 078° 53.101
17S E 696026 N 3730346
Historic railroad station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WM2H99
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2007
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"The Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station, constructed in
1937, is significant for its role in the transport of passengers and materials
into Myrtle Beach during its early period of growth and prosperity, as an
unusual variant of the standard railroad station used by the Atlantic Coast Line
(ACL) Railroad during the first half of the twentieth century, and for its
association with the Myrtle Beach Farms Company, who was responsible for the
construction of the station and for the development of Myrtle Beach into a
vacation destination in the early and mid twentieth century. The Myrtle Beach
Farms Company was organized in 1912 and was a major factor in the development of
Myrtle Beach from a naval stores operation into a thriving beach community
because of their large land holdings. In 1936 the company entered into a land
exchange with the ACL Railroad in which the company was responsible for
constructing the new depot and then relinquishing ownership to the railroad.
This one-story rectangular building was constructed with the standard ACL
bi-level floor plan that has a raised freight room with steps leading down to
the lobby/office area. However, the exterior architectural detailing, reflecting
Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Mission stylistic influences, is much more
elaborate than other ACL Railroad stations in the south. The station has a
hipped roof, brick bearing walls, a stepped parapet roof in the square bay,
nine-over-nine windows, concrete sills, a decorative belt course above the
windows, scroll-sawn rafter ends and a large roof overhang with open eaves.
Listed in the National Register July 22, 2002." ~ South Carolina Department
of Archives and History website