Beaverdam Depot, in Hanover County, is a significant example of postbellum railroad architecture in Virginia. Constructed on the site of earlier depots that were destroyed during the Civil War, the building with its sophisticated brickwork symbolizes the increasing importance and power of the railroad in postwar Virginia. The depot also serves as a concrete example of the growing trend toward racial segregation that began in the South during the last quarter of the 19th century and attained legal status shortly after 1900, when separate waiting rooms for black and white passengers were added within the structure. - NRHP Registration, 8 November 1988