Huntington station (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)

Huntington station, also known as Heritage Station, is a historic railroad depot located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The station in 2023
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Location	1100 block of 2nd Ave., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°25′24″N 82°26′33″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1887
NRHP reference No.	73001897 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1973

History

It was built in 1887, by the Huntington and Big Sandy Railroad, later the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The former passenger station is two stories and constructed of brick with a slate roof and two chimneys. The former baggage section to the east is one story. The front facade of the former passenger station features a bay window extending from the basement to the roof and dividing it into two sections. At the rear of the passenger station is the former freighthouse. The freighthouse is a brick building with a slate roof completed in 1890, and expanded in 1897, 1911, and 1916.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot.^[1]

Present Day

The complex includes an original steam engine with a "Pullman" train car, an outdoor performance area, and a building that used to house one of Huntington's first banks—which was the easternmost bank robbed by the James-Younger Gang. Heritage Station was turned into a shopping center called "Heritage Village" during the 1970s. For decades, the station sat hidden and virtually unused just two blocks from the city center, until Create Huntington got involved in 2006. Today, Heritage Station is an artisan retail complex, with locally owned shops, and home to public events like the annual Diamond Teeth Mary Blues Festival, named for the blues singer born in the town.^[3]

In 2025 Nomada Bakery, located in Heritage station, was ranked as the top cake shop in the United States by USA Today.^[4]

Gallery

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  The station in winter in 2015
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  Front view in 2009
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  Front view in 2013
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  Right side view in 2015
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  A railroad observation car in 2015
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  The Elk River Coal and Lumber Company No. 10 in 2009
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  A Diamond Teeth Mary marker in 2016
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  Interior in 2023
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  Main entrance interior in 2023

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia