Richmond Railroad Station Historic District Explained

Style:	Amtrak
Style2:	Amtrak old
Richmond, IN
Type:	inter-city rail station
Address:	900 North E Street, Richmond, Indiana
Opened:	1902
Closed:	October 1, 1979^[1]
Other Services Header:	Former services
Nrhp:	Richmond Railroad Station Historic District Nrhp Type: hd Nocat: yes Embed: yes Location: Roughly bounded by Norfolk & Southern RR tracks, N. Tenth St., Elm Pl., N. D St., & Ft. Wayne Ave., Richmond, Indiana Coordinates: 39.8342°N -84.8906°W Architect: Multiple Architecture: Italianate, Classical Revival, etc. Added: October 8, 1987 Refnum: 87001808

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).^[2]

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.

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.

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

External links

• • Railroad Station Historic District photos and information from Waynet.org
• Pennsylvania Railroad, August 6, 1950 timetable

Notes and References

1. News: Burger Overturns Court Order Extending National Limited's Life . January 12, 2019 . The Indianapolis Star . October 1, 1979 . 6. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Richmond Railroad Station Historic District. 2016-07-01. Katherine M. Jourdan. October 1986., Quad map, and Accompanying photographs