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Bunkie station

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established a station on the main line at Bunkie in 1882. A town formed around it as a shipping point for cotton and cotton-related industries such as cotton seed oil production. The current depot, built in 1911, is not the original freight depot, but is the only existing reminder of the importance
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and has a distinctive bay window overlooking the tracks. It is one of only three remaining larger multi-story urban train depots in Louisiana built in the early 20th century, the others are the
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The 1911 depot is a two-story brick building alongside the railroad tracks in downtown Bunkie. Of no particular architectural style, the building sits on a heavily stuccoed
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Though the building has gone through several changes over the years, it remains easily identifiable as a train depot. The depot was listed on the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bunkie station is located in Louisiana
Bunkie, Louisiana
30°57′19″N 92°11′04″W / 30.95526°N 92.18449°W / 30.95526; -92.18449
91000345
train station
Bunkie, Louisiana
Texas and Pacific Railway
dado
Central Railroad Station
Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Depot
DeQuincy
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot"
the original



"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Texas and Pacific Railroad Depot"
four photos from 1990

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