Lafayette station (Indiana)

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Lafayette, IN
Big Four Depot, Lafayette.jpg
Lafayette's historic Amtrak station was originally a "Big Four" Depot
General information
Location200 North 2nd Street
Lafayette, Indiana
United States
Owned byCity of Lafayette
Line(s) CSX Lafayette Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg CityBus
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code Amtrak: LAF
History
Opened1902
Rebuilt1994
Passengers
FY 20224,271 [1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Rensselaer
toward Chicago
Cardinal Crawfordsville
toward New York
Former services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Rensselaer
toward Chicago
Hoosier State
1994–2019
Crawfordsville
toward Indianapolis
Kentucky Cardinal Crawfordsville
toward Louisville
Kankakee (Penn Central)
toward Chicago
James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington
1971–1974
Indianapolis
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Templeton
toward Chicago
ChicagoCincinnati Crane
toward Cincinnati
Former services at Lahr Hotel
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Rensselaer
toward Chicago
Cardinal
1986–1994
Crawfordsville
toward New York
Hoosier State
1980–1994
Crawfordsville
toward Indianapolis
Chicago
Terminus
Floridian
1975–1979
Bloomington
Big Four Depot
Print from copy negative of postcard ca. 1910. (Original in Tippecanoe County Historical Society.) View southeast, northwest side. - Big Four Depot, 10 South Second Street, HABS IND,79-LAFY,3-21.tif
c.1910 Big Four Depot
Locator map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.svg
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Coordinates 40°25′7″N86°53′44″W / 40.41861°N 86.89556°W / 40.41861; -86.89556
Area8 acres (3 ha)
ArchitectBuckeye Chum Company
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 03000548 [2]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 2003

Lafayette station is an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana, served by the Cardinal . The current station facility was established in 1994. The Amtrak train previously stopped in the middle of the city's 5th Street, near the former Monon Railroad depot. [3] The station building was moved to its current location from the southeast corner of 2nd and South streets in September 1994. [4] It is a Romanesque Revival style depot built in 1902 by the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, [5] as the Big Four Depot. [6] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [2]

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Significance

The building is an example of early twentieth century commercial architecture. It is one of two such structures in Indiana. It became part of the New York Central System, serving passengers through Lafayette between Cincinnati and Chicago. Lafayette was a major stop on this main artery of transportation for the NYC. [7] Several trains operated through the station in earlier years of Amtrak, examples being the Floridian , James Whitcomb Riley and the Kentucky Cardinal.

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References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "欢|||||载". www.urbanindiana.com.
  4. "J&C FLASHBACK: Moving the Big Four Depot, 1994". Journal & Courier. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. "Dynamic Depot Maps – Indiana".
  6. "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 Laura Thayer (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Four Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
  7. Library of Congress, AmericanMemory.LOC.GOV; HABS IND,79-LAFY,3-; Survey number HABS IN-257

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