Pennsboro B&O Depot
Constructed in two phases: east end construction circa 1883; east end remodeled and west end constructed circal 1900. The depot closed in 1974. The last passenger train passed through in the Spring of 1981.
Restoration began in the early 1990s by Save the Depot Organization spearheaded by Sondra Hayhurst. The Ritchie County Historical Society, Inc., assumed responsibility in 1992, leasing the property from the State of West Virginia, Bureau of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources, with the West Virginia Railroad Maintenance Authority as owner.
¶ Restoration has been funded by grants from the Federal Highway Administration’s transportation enhancement programs and administered by the West Virginia Department of Highways; the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, administered by the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office; the Ritchie County Historical Society, Inc., and other local businesses and individual efforts. The Depot was placed on the National Register in 2007.
Marker is on Main Street (West Virginia Route 74) just south of Collins Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
