Richmond Railroad Station Historic District

Richmond, IN
inter-city rail station
The station in period use by the Penn Central, in May 1970
General information
Location	900 North E Street, Richmond, Indiana
History
Opened	1902
Closed	October 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 – Pittsburgh New Paris via Piqua toward Pittsburgh Dayton via Dayton toward Pittsburgh Fountain City toward Mackinaw City Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Terminus Services at C&O station Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Economy toward Hammond Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad Elkhorn toward Cincinnati
Richmond Railroad Station Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The former Pennsylvania Railroad station in Richmond.
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Location	Roughly bounded by Norfolk & Southern RR tracks, N. Tenth St., Elm Pl., N. D St., & Ft. Wayne Ave., Richmond, Indiana
Coordinates	39°50′3″N 84°53′26″W
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Italianate, Classical Revival, etc.
NRHP reference No.	87001808[2]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1987

The Richmond Railroad Station Historic District is a group of historic commercial buildings and national historic district located at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.

Historic District

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]

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]

Railroad station

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

• Amtrak:
  • National Limited - Kansas City–New York, New York
• Pennsylvania Railroad:
  • American - St. Louis–New York, New York
  • Buckeye - Chicago–Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Indianapolis Limited - Indianapolis–New York, New York
  • Northern Arrow - Mackinaw City–Cincinnati, Ohio, with sleeping car sections moved onto connecting trains to St. Louis
  • Penn Texas - St. Louis–New York, New York
  • Southland - Chicago–St. Petersburg, Florida/Sarasota, Florida/Miami, Florida
  • Spirit of St. Louis - St. Louis–New York, New York
  • St. Louisan - St. Louis–New York, New York
  • Union - Chicago–Cincinnati, Ohio, and a section to Columbus via Dayton

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.^[citation needed]

See also

• Old Richmond Historic District
• Starr Historic District
• Reeveston Place Historic District
• East Main Street-Glen Miller Park Historic District
• Richmond Downtown Historic District

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 July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Katherine M. Jourdan (October 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richmond Railroad Station Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016., Quad map, and Accompanying photographs

External links

• Media related to Richmond station (Pennsylvania Railroad) at Wikimedia Commons
• Railroad Station Historic District photos and information from Waynet.org
• Pennsylvania Railroad, August 6, 1950 timetable