List of depots and other railroad structures still standing in Arkansas
Updated September 14, 2006
| State | Town | Railroad | Type of Structure | In Use | Address | Year Built | Year of Demise | NHR | Sanborn | Polk | Notes and Sources |
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| Arkansas | Altus | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | US 64 | c1920 | Yes | Now a liquor store on US 64 | |||
| Arkansas | Arkadelphia | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | South Fifth Street | c1917 | Yes | Used by Amtrak | |||
| Arkansas | Ashdown | Memphis, Paris & Gulf | Depot | Stand | Frisco & Whitaker | 1908 | Yes | Used by Chamber of Commerce | |||
| Arkansas | Ashdown | SLSF | Depot | Stand | No | Either depot or yard office. In use by Kiamichi | |||||
| Arkansas | Atkins | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | US 64 | c1910 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Bald Knob | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Market and Ramey | 1915 | Yes | AHP no. WH0001 | |||
| Arkansas | Batesville | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | 129 Lawrence Street | No | |||||
| Arkansas | Bearden | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | US 79 & US 79B | No | Sold and cut in two. Only freight end survives. Rest of depot is new construction. Original passenger end rotted to ground. Owned by Griffis family of Double G trucking. | ||||
| Arkansas | Beaver | Missouri & Arkansas | Bridge | Stand | White River | Part of bridge still stands over White River. | |||||
| Arkansas | Beaver | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | Depot moved behind general store | ||||||
| Arkansas | Beebe | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Center Street | 1910 | Yes | AHP no. WH0003 | |||
| Arkansas | Bellefonte | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | Center and Keeter | c1901 | Yes | Modified and in use as private residence. | |||
| Arkansas | Bentonville | SLSF | Depot | Stand | 412 S. Main | 1925 | Yes | In use as Chamber of Commerce | |||
| Arkansas | Brinkley | Farrell s Locomotive Shop | Locomotive Shop | Stand | Ash street at SSW tracks | No | Not used. | ||||
| Arkansas | Brinkley | Rock Island | Freight House | Stand | New York Street | No | In use as antique store | ||||
| Arkansas | Brinkley | Union Depot | Depot | Stand | US 70 at tracks | 1912 | Yes | Used by both the Rock Island and the Cotton Belt. Now the Central Delta Depot Museum | |||
| Arkansas | Buckner | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | No | Moved to Lewisville. Often confused as the Lewisville depot which was brick. | |||||
| Arkansas | Camden | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Main & First | c1917 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Carlisle | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Main Street & Court Avenue | c1920 | Yes | Private business office | |||
| Arkansas | Chidester | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Moved off ROW next to fire department. Do not confuse with city hall. | |||||
| Arkansas | Clarendon | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | 205 Midland | 1912 | Yes | Built by the Arkansas Midland., later Missouri Pacific | |||
| Arkansas | Clarksville | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | West of College bet. Cherry & Main | 1910 | Yes | Chamber of Commerce | |||
| Arkansas | Cotter | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Still in use by Missouri & Northern Arkansas | |||||
| Arkansas | Coy | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | Yes | In use as storage See notes on NHR entry Depot is apparently 100 feet south of abandoned ROW. |
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| Arkansas | Decatur | Kansas City Southern | Depot | Stand | Hwy 59 & West North | 1920 | Yes | KCS 73D and caboose plus other equipment on display | |||
| Arkansas | DeQueen | DeQueen & Eastern | Shop | Stand | No | Joint TOE and DQE | |||||
| Arkansas | DeValls Bluff | Rock Island | Bridge | Stand | White River | No | Lift bridge over the White River | ||||
| Arkansas | Earle | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Main and Commerce | 1922 | No | Museum | |||
| Arkansas | East Camden | US Navy | Locomotive Shop | Stand | No | One of several railroad shop buildings at Ark. Hwy 203 and Hwy 274. Now in use by EACH. Completed in 1944 as part of Shumaker Navel Ammunition Depot. | |||||
| Arkansas | El Dorado | El Dorado and Wesson | Locomotive Shop | Stand | 900 S. West Avenue | No | In active use | ||||
| Arkansas | El Dorado | El Dorado and Wesson | Office | Stand | 900 S. West Avenue | No | In active use | ||||
| Arkansas | El Dorado | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | 425 Cedar | 1921 | No | AHP no. is UN0091 Depot is used by Hern s Pool and Spas. 1929 Sanford Fire Insurance map shows the depot. The old passenger depot is missing from the map. By 1953 Sanborn shows the depot being used for lawnmower storage. Where Missouri Pacific passengers boarded trains is unknown. |
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| Arkansas | El Dorado | Ouachita Railroad | Office | Stand | 730 S. Washington | No | In active use | ||||
| Arkansas | Eureka Springs | ES Electric Light & Street Railway | Powerhouse | Stand | Hwy 23 | Burned out shell still stands next to ESNA property | |||||
| Arkansas | Eureka Springs | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | Hwy 23 | Yes | Used by Eureka Springs and North Arkansas tourist railroad | ||||
| Arkansas | Fayetteville | SLSF | Depot | Stand | 550 West Dickson Street | 1897 | Yes | Remodeled in 1925 | |||
| Arkansas | Fayetteville | SLSF | Freight Depot | Stand | 550 West Dickson Street | First appears on 1930 Sanborn | |||||
| Arkansas | Fordyce | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | Main & First | c1925 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Fordyce | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Third Street | c1925 | Yes | In use by Fordyce and Princeton Railroad | |||
| Arkansas | Fort Smith | Fort Smith Light and Traction | Office | Stand | 301 Garrison | Used as FSL&T office 1918-1926. One of several office locations. Listed in 1925-26 Calvert City Directory. 301 Garrison not shown on Sanborn. | |||||
| Arkansas | Fort Smith | SLSF | Depot | Stand | 100 Garrison | 1910 | Yes | Part of National Park | |||
| Arkansas | Garner | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Higginson Street, Searcy | 1875 1895 | No | Depot is now part of the Pioneer Village, Searcy, Arkansas. Year built is anywhere from 1875-1895 AHP no. WH0006 AHP first survy 1971 others since. One survey listed build date as 1895 and another one as 1875. Possibly first depot built on line. |
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| Arkansas | Georgetown | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | No | Depot is now a residence and is modified. | |||||
| Arkansas | Glenwood | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | US 70 | c1910 | Yes | Near original location. Had been moved and used for hay storage on local farm after 1969. | |||
| Arkansas | Green Forest | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | Broadway Street | Moved from original site to across from city baseball field. Being restored as of 2005. Completely redone, only original is freight doors, studs, floor and roof structure. All siding and interior replace. Community center use. Moved by railroad in 1930 s from Urbanette. | |||||
| Arkansas | Guion | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Moved off railroad, modified. | |||||
| Arkansas | Gurdon | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | North First & East Walnut | c1917 | Yes | Still used by Union Pacific. Hoo-Hoo monument to the south | |||
| Arkansas | Hackett | SLSF | Depot | Stand | 14507 White Bluff Road, Ft. Smith | No | Now used as residence. Address is actually nearer to Bonanza. | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrell | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Higland Industrial Park | No | Now used as guesthouse at Highland Industrial Park, Highland Lane, E. Camden. | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Arkansas & Ozarks | Locomotive Shop | Stand | First and US 65 | No | Now used by AHTD for machine storage | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Missouri & Arkansas | Car Shop | Stand | 2 East Necessity Avenue | No | Now used by Miller s Hardware. One of four shop buildings remaining | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Missouri & Arkansas | Machine Shop | Stand | 2 East Necessity Avenue | No | Now used by Miller s Hardware. One of four shop buildings remaining | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Missouri & Arkansas | Overhead Crane | Stand | Coker Lane near Capps, Ark. | No | Used as bridge on Coker Lane west of Capps, Arkansas. Over Terrapin Creek | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Missouri & Arkansas | Store room | Stand | 2 East Necessity Avenue | No | Now used by Miller s Hardware. One of four shop buildings remaining | ||||
| Arkansas | Harrison | Missouri & Arkansas | Wood Mill | Stand | 2 East Necessity Avenue | No | Now used by Miller s Hardware. One of four shop buildings remaining | ||||
| Arkansas | Hazen | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | US 70 | 1915 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Helena | Illinois Central | Freight House | Stand | 200 block of Cherry | No | First appearred on Sanborn 1918. | ||||
| Arkansas | Helena | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Natchez & Mississippi | c1915 | Yes | Delta Cultural Museum | |||
| Arkansas | Holly Grove | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Front Street | 1898 | Yes | Built by Arkansas Midland. Remodeled in 1928 with stucco covering. | |||
| Arkansas | Hope | Cairo & Fulton | Depot | Stand | 1873 | No | First building in Hope. Originally a depot and used later as freight depot. Now houses Paul Klipsch museum. | ||||
| Arkansas | Hope | Louisiana & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | 211 W. 3rd Street | No | Used car lot office | ||||
| Arkansas | Hope | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | East Division & Main | 1912 | Yes | Visitor center and museum | |||
| Arkansas | Hot Springs | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Broadway & Market | c1917 | Yes | Visitor center | |||
| Arkansas | Humnoke | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | No | In use as private home | |||||
| Arkansas | Hunter | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | 1900 | No | AHP no. WO0056 Heavily modified from original form AHP survey 2004 |
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| Arkansas | Jonesboro | Cotton Belt | Roundhouse | Stand | No | Only partial section remains. Used by another business See Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. |
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| Arkansas | Kelso | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | ||||||
| Arkansas | Leachville | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | Second & McNamee | c1910 | Yes | Replaced earlier Blytheville, Leachville & Ark. Southern structure | |||
| Arkansas | Leslie | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | 102 Oak Street | c1925 | Yes | Used by Derickson Lumber | |||
| Arkansas | Little Rock | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf | Depot | Stand | 1010 E. Third | 1899 | Yes | Locally known as the Choctaw Station. Later owned by Rock Island. Now the Clinton School for Public Service | |||
| Arkansas | Little Rock | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Markham & Victory Street | 1921 | Yes | 3rd depot on site. Office space and part is used by Amtrak. Concourse demolished. | |||
| Arkansas | Little Rock | Rock Island | Bridge | Stand | No | Part of the Clinton library | |||||
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | US 70 & Center street | 1912 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Lonsdale | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | US 270 | No | Moved to Crystal Springs, AR | ||||
| Arkansas | Malvern | Hot Springs Western | Roundhouse | Stand | Yes | Not used by railroad since early 1900 s? Narrow guage. Only intact roundhouse in Arkansas. | |||||
| Arkansas | Malvern | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | First Street | c1917 | Yes | Used by Amtrak and Union Pacific | |||
| Arkansas | Mammoth Spring | SLSF | Depot | Stand | Mammoth Spring State Park | 1885 | Yes | Oldest depot in Arkansas on NHR list | |||
| Arkansas | Manila | Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern | Depot | Stand | S. Dewey and Baltimore | c1910 | Yes | Later owned by SLSF. Now used as city hall | |||
| Arkansas | Marianna | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Carolina Street South | c1915 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | McGehee | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Railroad Street | c1910 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | McNeil | Louisiana and North West | Locomotive Shop | Stand | No | Not really shop more like a shed for the locomotives | |||||
| Arkansas | McNeil | Louisiana and North West | Office | Stand | No | Small, prefab storage building used as office | |||||
| Arkansas | McRae | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | 1916 | No | AHP no. is WH0015 Present location or disposition unknown as of 2006 AHP survey 1986 Owned by IJ Atamanchuk HC78, Box 283, Judsonia, AR According to AHP, depot closed in 1950 s and moved 1 mile north of McRae in 1981. |
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| Arkansas | Mena | Kansas City Southern | Depot | Stand | Pickering & Mena Street | 1920 | Yes | Museum and Chamber of Commerce | |||
| Arkansas | Minden | Louisiana & Arkansas | Yard Office | Stand | Off US 80 | 1923 | Part of locomotive shop complex. Shown on Sanborn. | ||||
| Arkansas | Mineral Springs | Memphis, Paris & Gulf | Depot | Stand | Hwy 27 | 1908 | Yes | In new city park on Schaal off Ark. 27. | |||
| Arkansas | Moark | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Moved to 46 Clay County Road 148, Corning | No | Off US 67 north of Corning | ||||
| Arkansas | Monroe | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Moved to Brinkley | No | Still has segregated doors. For many years was used as antique store on US 49 south of Brinkley. Moved to Brinkley in 2003 and sits near the restored Brinkley Union Station. | ||||
| Arkansas | Morrillton | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Railroad Avenue | c1915 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Nashville | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown | Car shops | Stand | At tracks between West Hale and West Henderson | No | Four buildings two of which are former petroleum distributor buildings. Not the same as machine shop buildings between East Hale and Henderson off S. Mill. | ||||
| Arkansas | Nashville | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown | Locomotive Shop | Stand | 324 S. Second | No | Used as steam locomotive shop. Now used by Central Machine Shop | ||||
| Arkansas | Nashville | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown | Locomotive Shop | Stand | S. Mill street | No | Diesel shops built on site of MPG/MDG locomotive shops. Several metal buildings on site all unused as of Sept. 2006. | ||||
| Arkansas | Nashville | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown | Office | Stand | Sypert and Front street | No | Still in use by Arkansas Southern. Mailing address is 210 S. Front same as old depot. | ||||
| Arkansas | New Blaine | Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island | Depot | Stand | 1920 | No | The structure standing today is the reconstructed depot built in 1995. Unknown if it uses some of the materials from the original depot. AHP number LO0096 Original depot constructed 1920 according to AHP |
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| Arkansas | Newport | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Walnut and Front Street | 1904 | No | Used by Chamber of Commerce | |||
| Arkansas | North Little Rock | Missouri Pacific | Freight Depot | Stand | 403 Magnolia | No | Original depot at 215 E. 3rd (Broadway) gone. Second one at 223 E. 4th still standing as Martin Borchert with address of 403 N. Magnolia. | ||||
| Arkansas | North Little Rock | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Fourth & Hazel | 1913 | Yes | Locally known as the Argenta Depot. Now used as community center | |||
| Arkansas | Okay | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown | Depot | Stand | Moved to S. Mill street, Nashville | No | Small metal building used by GNA at Okay Cement. Moved to diesel shops in Nashville. Unused as of Sept. 2006 | ||||
| Arkansas | Ozark | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | River and First Street | 1910 | Yes | Museum? | |||
| Arkansas | Peach Orchard | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Moved to 15905 Hwy 34, Delaplaine | No | Owned by Julian Crider | ||||
| Arkansas | Perry | Little Rock & Western | Office | Stand | Hwy 10 | No | LRWN offices | ||||
| Arkansas | Perry | Little Rock & Western | Shop | Stand | Hwy 10 | No | LRWN shop building. Modern building. | ||||
| Arkansas | Perry | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Hwy 10 | No | In use by LRWN | ||||
| Arkansas | Pindell | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | US 65 | No | Bay window removed unknown date. Not in original location. Painted white. Replacement roof. | ||||
| Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Cotton Belt | Dispatcher's Office | Stand | No | Still used by Union Pacific, exact use unknown. | |||||
| Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Cotton Belt | Locomotive Shop | Stand | No | Now home of the 819 and the Arkansas Railroad Museum | |||||
| Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Cotton Belt | Transfer Table | Stand | No | Shown on Sanborn maps extending in front of wheel shop. Now used by Arkansas Raililroad Museum. | |||||
| Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Cotton Belt | Wheel Shop | Stand | No | Now used by Gunderson Wheel Services. Sanborn shows the building as print shop | |||||
| Arkansas | Pine Bluff | Union Depot | Depot | Stand | East Fourth & State | 1906 | Yes | Used by StLIM&S later MP and SSW. Now a museum | |||
| Arkansas | Prescott | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | 300 First St. North, US 67 | 1912 | Yes | Museum | |||
| Arkansas | Prescott | Prescott & Northwestern | Locomotive Shop | Stand | No | Still in active use by railroad for locomotive repair as of 2006 | |||||
| Arkansas | Pyatt | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Moved to 1890 s village at Bull Shoals. Restored | |||||
| Arkansas | Reader | Reader | Depot | Stand | City Park, Hope, Ark. | No | Depot now in city park at Hope, Arkansas. Originally Missouri Pacific s Reader depot | ||||
| Arkansas | Reader | Reader | Locomotive Shop | Stand | No | The real Reader shops which is now decaying in the woods. | |||||
| Arkansas | Reader | Reader | Locomotive Shop | Stand | Hwy 324 | No | This Reader shop was built for the movie The Blue and The Gray . Present shops of the Reader. | ||||
| Arkansas | Redfield | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Used by Church of Christ. Moved from location on railroad to near intersection with Brodie and Sheridan Streets. |
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| Arkansas | Redfield | Missouri Pacific | Section House | Stand | No | Private residence | |||||
| Arkansas | Rison | Cotton Belt | Depot | Stand | Main Street at tracks | No | Moved. May be freight depot. | ||||
| Arkansas | Russellville | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | C Street & Denver Avenue | 1910 | Yes | Museum | |||
| Arkansas | Searcy | Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy | Depot | Stand | Main Street | 1908 | No | This is original depot on Main Street. UP built a newer DKS depot on Park? AHP no. WH2150, dated 1988 | |||
| Arkansas | Sheridan | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | No | Unknown use | |||||
| Arkansas | Shirley | Missouri & Arkansas | Bridge | Stand | Middle Fork Little Red River | No | Located on the Middle Fork Little Red River. Take River Road to the bridge. Curiously the bridge is not shown on some USGS maps. However people say that this is the original M&A bridge. Bridge on east side of Shirley torn down. | ||||
| Arkansas | Springdale | Arkansas & Missouri | Depot | Stand | Emma Street | No | New structure used for AM s passenger excursions. | ||||
| Arkansas | St. Joe | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | US 65 | 1912 | Yes | Last used as feedstore, but closed in 2005. | |||
| Arkansas | Texarkana | Union Depot | Depot | Stand | State Line and Front Street | 1928 | Yes | Used by KCS, TP and SSW. Second depot on site | |||
| Arkansas | Urbanette | Missouri & Arkansas | Depot | Stand | see Green Forest | No | This depot was moved to Green Forest in late 1930 s to replace original depot destroyed | ||||
| Arkansas | Van Buren | SLSF | Depot | Stand | Main Street | c1900 | Yes | ||||
| Arkansas | Walnut Ridge | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | South West First Street | c1909 | Yes | Amtrak Stop | |||
| Arkansas | Warren | Warren & Ouachita Valley | Depot | Stand | 325 W. Cedar | 1911 | Yes | Now city offices | |||
| Arkansas | Waterloo | Reader | Depot | Stand | Moved to Hwy 324, Reader | No | Depot now sits near Reader, Arkansas. Originally Missouri Pacific from Whelen Springs | ||||
| Arkansas | Weldon | Rock Island | Depot | Stand | Hwy 17 | c1913 | Yes | Abandoned and in very poor shape | |||
| Arkansas | Whelen Springs | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Hwy 324 | No | Depot now sits near Reader, Arkansas. See Reader, MP depot. | ||||
| Arkansas | Wilton | Kansas City Southern | Depot | Stand | Texarkana Street | No | Moved and modified into residence. Abandoned and in poor shape as of Sept. 2006. | ||||
| Arkansas | Yellville | Missouri Pacific | Depot | Stand | Hwy 202 | No | Always located in Summit with Yellville depot signs. Moved to AR 202 1960. Only part of depot remains. Unused. |
