Choctaw Route Station
Little Rock | ||||||||||||||||
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The renovated Choctaw Station houses the Clinton School of Public Service and the Clinton Foundation office. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 | |||||||||||||||
| System | Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Clinton School of Public Service | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (Formerly) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (Formerly) | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1968 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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Choctaw Route Station | ||||||||||||||||
Location in Arkansas Location in United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | E. 3rd at Rock Island RR., Little Rock, Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°44′44″N 92°15′32″W / 34.74556°N 92.25889°W | |||||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | |||||||||||||||
| Built | 1899 | |||||||||||||||
| Built by | Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad | |||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 75000404 | |||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1975 | |||||||||||||||
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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.
Major named passenger trains included:
- 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.
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.