This Railroad Station is located at 100 Tyson Street Charlotte, North Carolina.  It was built in 1896.  The architect was Charles Christian Hook.  It was built for the Seaboard Airline Railroad.

     The station was a red and pink stucco building. The central section is two stories. There is a one story extension. There is a wide umbrella shed which extends 300 feet along the railroad tracks. It is supported by 15 cast iron columns.

     Passenger service ended by the train line 11/3/1958.  The station building subsequently housed the yard offices of the Seaboard Airline Railroad, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, the Seaboard System Railroad and the CSX Transportation  Railroad.

     The CSX Raiload vacated the station building on  January, 1987.  They donated the station and leased the property to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Landmark Commission on October, 1987.  The station building and adjacent property were offered for sale in 1990.  The building was involved in a fire in January, 1991.

     Over the subsequent years the station deteriorated, was vandalized, and was used by the homeless..

    In 1993, A coalition of 4 churches along with local businesses and political leaders purchased the train station and renovated it. They spent $85,000 on the project. It opened on.December 11,1994 as the Charlotte Center for Urban Minority.  They operated a soup kitchen and operated a health center for the homeless.

     In March, 2006, the soup kitchen and administrative offices relocated to a nearby building.   The former train.station became an.art center and classrooms.

     The station was renovated in July, 2017.