National Register of Historic Places

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car

Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia
Listed
July 2, 1991
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
91000834

About this property

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car is a historic Pullman car located near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built in 1926 as the Mt. Angeles by the Pullman Company, one of thirty cars on Lot 4998, all to Plan 3521A. It is a heavyweight, all-steel sleeping car with ten sections and one observation lounge. In June 1934 Pullman rebuilt it to Plan 3521F and changed the name of the car to Dinwiddie and again in April 1937 the name was changed to Dinwiddie County, which name it retains to this day. These name changes represent the car's transfer to service on the Norfolk and Western Railway's trains operating to and from Virginia. The car was sold to the National Railway Historical Society in 1965. It appeared in the 1976 television movie Eleanor and Franklin as the funeral car for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Location

Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia
37.48326, -77.73595

Categories

ENGINEERINGTRANSPORTATION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Dinwiddie County Pullman Car listed on the National Register?

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1991.

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Dinwiddie County Pullman Car is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Dinwiddie County Pullman Car is recorded as the industrial era.

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