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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot is a historic train station located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina. [2] It was built in 1928 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is a long, rectangular, one-story, gable-roofed, frame board-and-batten building. It features the wide overhanging eaves and is in the American Craftsman style. [3]
The company in the late 1980s, as the Mid-Atlantic Railroad, began operating two former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad branch lines. One was a portion of the now abandoned ACL line between Wilmington, North Carolina, and Whiteville, North Carolina, and the other was operated by the Waccamaw Coast Line from Conway, South Carolina, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Conway is a city in and the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina, United States. [8] The population was 24,849 at the 2020 census , [ 9 ] up from 17,103 in the 2010 census , [ 10 ] making it the 18th-most populous city in the state.
It was owned by Richard J. Corman, who established the company in 1973, and ran it until his death on August 23, 2013. The company owns nineteen short-line railroads spanning Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
The Conway Seashore Railroad was built by the sons of local businessman Franklin Burroughs. Franklin Burroughs was the founder of the Burroughs and Collins Company of Conway, predecessor of modern-day Burroughs & Chapin. [1] It began operation in 1900 and in 1904 the name of the carrier was changed to the Conway Coast and Western Railroad. [2]
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The Conway Scenic Railroad was formed by Dwight Smith, who was an employee of the Boston and Maine Railroad in the late 1960s. After years of negotiations, Smith was able to convince his employer to sell a portion of the Conway Branch, which it planned to abandon, to him and two local businessmen in 1974, and the Conway Scenic Railroad began that year. [3]
Roughly bounded by Fourth Ave., Kingston St., Third Ave. and Laurel St., Conway, South Carolina: Coordinates: Area: 5.15 acres (2.08 ha) Architectural style: Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements: MPS: Conway MRA: NRHP reference No. 94000815 [1] (original)