(rshsdepot) Re: RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1032

[Bill Pollard <arkrail_@_arkansas.net>]

The vintage 1899 Choctaw Oklahoma & Gulf freight station was 
incorporated into the Clinton library by serving as landfill... the site 
now covered primarily by landscaping.  The other half of this 
architecturally unique passenger-freight combination, the Choctaw 
passenger station, remains on the library grounds as the Clinton School 
of Public Service.  The exterior of the passenger station remains intact 
(it had been meticulously restored by the Spaghetti Warehouse restaurant 
chain in the 1990s) but the interior of the building has been 
extensively modified for its present use.  To their credit, the CSPS 
officials seem to recognize the historic importance of the Choctaw 
passenger station, and its preservation seems assured.

For detailed coverage of the Choctaw freight station's "incorporation" 
into the Library on the day before Thanksgiving, 2001, see  
<http://www.trainweb.org/choctawterminal/>

Bill Pollard



RSHSDepot Digest wrote:

>RSHSDepot Digest      Tuesday, November 23 2004      Volume 01 : Number 1032
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>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:49:19 EST
>From: Tjfloyddc_@_aol.com
>Subject: (rshsdepot) Rock Island freight station incorporation into Clinton Prez Center
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>does anyone have a photograph that shows how the Rock Island freight station 
>was incorporated into the new Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock?  
>Can't find anything online.
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>Note:  I will be away until late this week and will respond to any emails 
>when I return.
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>Thanks, Jerry in DC
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>References: <100.7291fbd.2ed40d3f_@_aol.com>
>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:29:09 -0800
>From: "Jeff Asay" <yermo_@_surewest.net>
>Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) Rock Island freight station incorporation into Clinton Prez Center
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>I believe the freight station was incorporated via the demolition method. 
>The passenger station will become some kind of a school - in its original 
>location I think. If you go to the website for the library there is an 
>aerial photo showing the passenger depot in relationship to the rest of the 
>buildings.
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>Jeff Asay
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