The Rural Retreat Depot is a historic railroad station at 105 Railroad Avenue in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Built c. 1870, it is one of the oldest railroad stations in Southwest Virginia, and one of only two to survive from the Reconstruction Era. Its distinctive Italianate features include a pair of square towers, and wide shallow eaves with paired brackets.

The depot features in a number of photographs and audio recordings by O. Winston Link.

Rural Retreat Depot

The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Rural Retreat Depot

See also

National Register of Historic Places in Wythe County, Virginia

References

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia

Railway stations in the United States opened in 1902

National Register of Historic Places in Wythe County, Virginia

Buildings and structures in Wythe County, Virginia

Rural Retreat Depot