Petersburg Trailways Bus Station

The Petersburg Trailways Bus Station is a historic transportation terminal building at 108 East Washington Street in Petersburg, Virginia. Built by the Trailways bus system in 1946, this example of Moderne architecture is one of the state's best surviving examples of a little-altered mid-20th century bus terminal. It is a roughly T-shaped masonry building with curved corners, and a recessed entry under a canopy labelled "Trailways Bus". The interior has relatively little alteration, limited to the removal of the fixtures related to a whites-only dining counter in one area of the building.^[2]

Petersburg Trailways Bus Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The door to the Trailways Bus Terminal on East Washington Street, June 21, 2016.
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Location	108 E. Washington St., Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates	37°13′41″N 77°24′6″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1946 (1946)
NRHP reference No.	150000680[1]
Added to NRHP	September 29, 2015

During Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality, the building was a stop on the Trailways-operated portions of both the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947,^[3] and the Freedom Rides of 1961.^[4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Petersburg, Virginia