Kevin station, in Kevin, Montana, was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Kevin, Montana in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Kevin Depot.[1]
Kevin Depot | |
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| Location | Central Ave. and 1st St., Kevin, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°44′45″N 111°58′04″W / 48.745719°N 111.96766°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Built by | Great Northern Railroad |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002433[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 11, 1980 |
It was deemed to be "architecturally significant because it is typical of small town stations of turn-of-the-century Montana. The Great Northern Railroad created the Kevin site for steam locomotives to take on water half-way on their journey from the high-line to the Canadian border. Rainwater was collected in a pit behind the station. These small stations have all but disappeared; Kevin is one of the few left."[2]
It is a 24 by 84 feet (7.3 m × 25.6 m) structure with a square bay on one side and an addition built in 1925. It was moved two blocks from its railroad right-of-way location in 1979, with intention that the moved building would be used as a senior citizens center.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Pam Porter (December 31, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kevin Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2017. With two photos from 1979.
| Preceding station | Great Northern Railway | Following station | ||
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| Sunburst toward Sweet Grass
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Sweet Grass – Shelby | Shelby Terminus
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