Choctaw Route Station

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Coordinates: 34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°W / 34.74556; -92.25889
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Little Rock
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
The renovated Choctaw Station houses the Clinton School of Public Service and the Clinton Foundation office.
General information
Location1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Owned byClinton School of Public Service
Line(s)Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Platforms2 (Formerly)
Tracks2 (Formerly)
History
Opened1899
Closed1968
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Following station
South End
toward Tucumcari
 Tucumcari – Memphis Argenta
toward Memphis
Choctaw Route Station
Choctaw Route Station is located in Arkansas
Choctaw Route Station
Location in Arkansas
Choctaw Route Station is located in the United States
Choctaw Route Station
Location in United States
LocationE. 3rd at Rock Island RR., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°W / 34.74556; -92.25889
Arealess than one acre
Built1899 (1899)
Built byChoctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad
NRHP reference No.75000404[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1975

The Choctaw Route Station is a historic former railroad station on East 3rd Street in the riverfront area of Little Rock, Arkansas. The building now houses the Clinton School of Public Service, a branch of the University of Arkansas at the Clinton Presidential Center. The station, built in 1899 for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, is a single-story brick building with elaborate terra cotta detailing, and is one of the architecturally finest stations in the state.[2]

Major named passenger trains included:[3][4]

  • Californian
  • Cherokee
  • Choctaw Rocket
  • Memphis-Californian
  • Southwest Express

By the mid-1960s the trains had dwindled down the Memphis-Californian successor, the Memphis-Tucumcari, an overnight coach-only Memphis-Little Rock-Oklahoma City-Amarillo-Tucumcari train. This final train at the station was terminated between fall 1967 and summer 1968.[5][6]

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Choctaw Route Station". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  3. ^ "Rock Island Lines, Tables A, B, F, K, L". Official Guide of the Railways. 89 (5). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
  4. ^ Rock Island Lines timetable, February 1938, Condensed Timetables http://streamlinermemories.info/RI/RI38TT.pdf
  5. ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 3". Official Guide of the Railways. 100 (5). National Railway Publication Company. October 1967.
  6. ^ "Rock Island Lines, (Freight only)". Official Guide of the Railways. 101 (1). National Railway Publication Company. June 1968.


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