Richmond Railroad Station Historic District

The Richmond Railroad Station Historic District is a group of historic commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings the icon of which is the Daniel Burnham-designed Pennsylvania Railroad Station, completed in 1902. It developed between about 1853 and 1915 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Chicago School style architecture. In addition to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, other notable buildings include the Miller Brothers Block (1890), Jacob H. Lichtenfels Building (1890), Charles Sudhoff Building (1893), Benjamin Starr Building (1896), William H. Alford Building (1905), John Roberts Building (1877), R.F.D. Hose House No. 1 (1890), James Shaw Building (1875), and Richmond / Atlas Underwear Building (1910).[3]

Richmond, IN
inter-city rail station
The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Richmond.
Location900 North E Street, Richmond, Indiana
USA
History
Opened1902
ClosedOctober 1, 1979[1]
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Indianapolis
toward Kansas City
 National Limited Dayton
toward New York or Washington, D.C.
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Hagerstown
toward Chicago
 Chicago – Cincinnati Eaton
toward Cincinnati
Centerville
toward St. Louis
 St. Louis – Columbus New Paris
via Piqua
toward Columbus
Dayton
via Dayton
toward Columbus
Fountain City
toward Mackinaw City
 Mackinaw City – Richmond Terminus
Richmond Railroad Station Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Norfolk & Southern RR tracks, N. Tenth St., Elm Pl., N. D St., & Ft. Wayne Ave., Richmond, Indiana
Coordinates39°50′3″N 84°53′26″W
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleItalianate, Classical Revival, etc.
NRHP reference No.87001808[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1987

It hosted trains on north-south and east-west trajectories through eastern Indiana:

The station in period use by the Penn Central, in May 1970

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and is also a local conservation district designated by the City of Richmond's Historic Preservation Commission.[2]

A previous station at this same location was also a stop on the procession of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train. Indiana Governor, Oliver P. Morton, boarded the train at this stop, and rode it to Indianapolis, where a procession and showing were held.

See also

References
  1. "Burger Overturns Court Order Extending National Limited's Life". The Indianapolis Star. October 1, 1979. p. 6. Retrieved January 12, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Katherine M. Jourdan (October 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richmond Railroad Station Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01., Quad map, and Accompanying photographs


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