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Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia

Coordinates: 40°53′31″N 92°49′29″W / 40.89194°N 92.82472°W / 40.89194; -92.82472
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Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia
Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia is located in Iowa
Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia
Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia is located in the United States
Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia
LocationW. North St. near its junction with Brandon St., Moravia, Iowa
Coordinates40°53′31″N 92°49′29″W / 40.89194°N 92.82472°W / 40.89194; -92.82472
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
ArchitectWabash Railroad
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSAdvent & Development of Railroads in Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.96001158[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1996

Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia, now known as the Wabash Depot Museum, is an historic train station located in Moravia, Iowa, United States. It is believed to be one of the two standard-plan wooden Wabash combination freight and passenger depots that remain in Iowa.[2] Completed in 1903, it served the Wabash Railroad. The Queen Anne style building is an example of the rural combination station plan. The plan combined all railroad services from passengers to freight in one building.[3] The museum features railroad artifacts, an operational model train layout and a restored railroad section car. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as a part of the Advent & Development of Railroads in Iowa MPS.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Bill Burkland. "Wabash Combination Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-28. with photos
  3. ^ "Railroad Depots". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
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Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station
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toward Des Moines
Des MoinesMoberly Hiattsville
toward Moberly