Shreveport Central Station is a historic train station in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was built in 1910 by the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, a railroad that was eventually acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railway. (However, the KCS used Union Station ever since 1909.) By the opening of the 1940s the L&A and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway or 'Cotton Belt' moved its passenger operations from Central Station to Shreveport Union Station.[2][3]
Central Railroad Station | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |
| Location | 1025 Marshall Street, Shreveport, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 32°30′32″N 93°44′43″W |
| Area | 1.25 acres (0.51 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival |
| Part of | Shreveport Commercial Historic District (ID82002760) |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000622[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | May 28, 1991 |
| Designated CP | April 29, 2015 |
The building, along with an adjoining small freight depot shortly north of it, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Central Railroad Station.[1][4] The building also became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District when its boundaries were increased on April 29, 2015.[5]
The former station currently survives as a gay bar and dance club.[6][7]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish or parishes | |
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