Choctaw Railway Station

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Sturgis Hall, formerly the Choctaw Railway Station, on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center. Photo by James Hyde.

The Choctaw Railway Station (also known as the Choctaw Route Station) is located on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The the 16,500 square foot station is the current home of the Clinton School of Public Service and has been renamed Sturgis Hall.

The railway station, formerly known as the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf passenger station, opened in December 1899. A companion structure, the Choctaw Freight Depot, was razed by the Clinton Foundation on November 21, 2001.

The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad connecting Memphis to Oklahoma was later sold to the Rock Island Railroad. Passenger service at the station ceased in 1967.

The Choctaw Railway Station also once housed an Italian restaurant and The Edge nightclub.

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