NE corner of 2nd and McNamee Sts., Leachville, Arkansas. County/parish: Mississippi.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 11, 1992. NRIS 92000612.
Part of Historic Railroad Depots of Arkansas MPS (NRIS 64500022).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad Depot-Leachville is a historic railroad station at the junction of 2nd and McNamee Streets in Leachville, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with an asphalt roof and wide overhanging eaves. The telegrapher's station is in a small projection on the track side of the building. The station, which provided both passenger and freight service, was built in 1910 by the Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad, a small regional railroad seeking to provide additional means for area farmers to bring their products to a wider market.
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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