Denmark, SC (DNK)

200 West Baruch Street
Denmark, SC 29042

Station Ownership

Facility:
City of Denmark

Parking:
City of Denmark

Platform(s):
CSX

Track(s):
CSX

Amtrak Contact

Todd Stennis

Routes Served:

• Silver Star

History

This 1920s red brick passenger station formerly served the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railways. The station’s recent renovation began as part of the South Carolina Heritage Corridor project, and has continued with landscaping and reconstruction supported by the Denmark Depot Restoration Society and the city of Denmark.

In 2004 the city of Denmark received a $200,000 federal transportation enhancement grant through the South Carolina Department of Transportation to restore the depot. The Denmark Depot Restoration Society also launched a fund-raising campaign for the project.

Along with landscaping, work began in 2008 on the interior of the depot as a showcase for Denmark and its history. Outside the depot, about 75 commemorative bricks have been laid as part of the continuing fundraising effort.

Captain Z. G. Graham sold 17 acres of land for a turnout and station to the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company in 1830. This company ran the Best Friend of Charleston, the first steam locomotive-driven passenger service in the United States along the Charleston-Hamburg line, which passed through Graham’s Turnout. The Best Friend of Charleston never made it to Hamburg, as it exploded in a boiler accident less than a year later.

Graham’s Turnout was officially established as a town in 1837. With the crossing of two major railroads, in 1890-1891, the settlement was renamed for Captain Isadore Denmark of Savannah, an official of the Seaboard Air Line who had shown special interest in developing the area.

The Voorhees Normal and Industrial School was begun in Denmark in 1897 by Tuskegee graduate Elizabeth E. Wright, a former student of Booker T. Washington’s. The institute, named for its patrons, Ralph Voorhees of New Jersey and his wife, was one of the few schools for black youth at the time. Since then, the school has become a four-year college, and maintains its ties with the Episcopal Church.

Denmark is also home to nationally-recognized artist Jim Harrison, known for his realistic painted landscapes depicting the South Carolina lowlands and his Coca Cola art. His gallery is close by the Denmark depot.

Amtrak does not provide ticketing or baggage services at this facility.

Denmark is served daily by two trains.

ADA Compliance

Federal law requires compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by 2010. The following is a list of items typically required for transportation and public facilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please check the regulations for guidance or contact us for more information.