Southern Railway Passenger Depot is a historic train station located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt and built in 1896 for the Southern Railway. It is a one-story symmetrical structure with a low hipped roof, central porte cochere, wide overhanging eaves, half-timbering, and a pebbledash finish.[2]

Southern Railway Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Southern Railway Passenger Depot, August 2012
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Location	1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1896 (1896)
Architect	Hunt, Richard Morris
MPS	Biltmore Village MRA
NRHP reference No.	79001684[1]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1979

The station replaced a smaller building that preceded Cornelius Vanderbilt's purchase of land to comprise the Biltmore Estate. [3]

In 1968 following the demolition of the Asheville train station, the Biltmore station served as Asheville's station until passenger train service was discontinued in 1975. [4] The station now houses a restaurant.[5] If passenger service to Asheville is restored, a new station will be built. [6]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

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