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Category 5 - Historic Preservation

Honorable Mention

Photo: Spencer Shops Transportation Museum


Spencer Shops Transportation Museum

Spencer, North Carolina
Designer:  Ramsay, Burgin, Smith Architects, Inc. Raleigh &Salisbury
Contractors: Wagoner Const., Salisbury

The North Carolina DOT restored the 1924 Round House at Spencer Shops to be used as the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The building is the largest surviving rail repair facility in the country.

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