| After many years of abandonment, neglect and two devastating fires the old Chesapeake Western office & Depot was sold to a local business whom then invested in the buildings future. Local firms were hired and extensive restorations and work has been ongoing for several months. The renovations are nearly complete with a highly anticipated move in date sometime this month. Most of the original interior design on the main floor, I am told, has been kept intact and preserved and will be used as a showroom for the local business whom purchased the property from Norfolk Southern after many years of relentlessly asking for them to sell to the building. The 2nd floor will house a local architectural and several other companies involved in this project. The freight depot has been planned to be turned into a museum dedicated to all things related the Chesapeake Western Railway. I have watched from a distance as this once rundown dilapidated eyesore of a building has been transformed once again into the architectural splendor it once was the day it first opened in 1913. And yes I be will one of the first to buy a ticket to the museum and then reminisce of the days gone by when I walked its floors as young boy while waiting on my pops to finish his paper work after a long days work on the "Crooked & Weedy". |
| Date:
6/15/2016 |
Location:
Harrisonburg, VA Map  |
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112 |
Collection Of:
 
Rodney S |
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Author: Rodney S
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| Picture Categories: Night,Station |
This picture is part of album: Chesapeake Western Railway |