Amo station

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Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation
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Amo THI & E Interurban Depot-Substation, May 2011
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Location4985 Railroad St., Amo, Indiana
Coordinates 39°41′18″N86°36′48″W / 39.68833°N 86.61333°W / 39.68833; -86.61333
Arealess than one acre
Built1907 (1907)
Architectural styleRomanesque, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 06001294 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 2007

Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation, also known as Amo Interurban Depot, is a historic interurban train station located at Amo, Hendricks County, Indiana.

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Design

The building consists of a small brick passenger/cargo depot with a large, two-story repair substation at the rear. It has Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne style design elements. The passenger depot section is topped by a series of red clay tile hipped roofs.

The building is of the same design as the company's Plainfield Depot. [2]

History

It was built in 1907 by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company. [2] Interurban transportation for Amo ceased on January 10, 1940.

The building was renovated in the 2000s for use as a library and community center. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Longest, David E. (2005). Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 29. ISBN   9780738539584.
  3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Dan Lake (April 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Amo THI & E Interurban Depot/Substation" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.