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Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Depot
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Location
| Boca Grande
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Florida
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NRHP reference
No.
| 79000676
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Added to NRHP
| 13 December 1979
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The
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Depot
is a historic
Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway
(CH&N)
depot
in
Boca Grande
,
Florida
. It is located at Park and 4th Streets. The station was built by the CH&N in 1910; the railroad's parent company, the American Agriculture and Chemical Company, had several
phosphate
mines in the area and wanted a railroad to ship its phosphate and other goods. The company played an important role in Boca Grande's early development, both by building the railroad and station and by opening a hotel and selling land. The station continued service when the railroad was acquired by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
in the 1920s. Rail service began to diminish during the Great Depression, and later during the post-World War II period, when it closed in 1958. Until its closure, the railroad was the only land connection between Boca Grande and mainland Florida.
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On December 13, 1979, the station was added to the
U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
. Since 1985, the station has been a notable landmark along the
Boca Grande Bike Path
.
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